According to media reports the humpback whale, which was sighted off Poland's Baltic sea coast, was freed from the net and managed to swim away. Video credit: Rafal Rusek Eurozwyzka Miedzyzdroje

A total of more than 14,000 artifacts were unearthed, of which 6,300 were considered to be historically significant, officials said. Archaeologists deemed the most important discovery to be a military bunker with evidence of German war crimes against civilian Polish prisoners, according to the release.

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According to a study, the GPS interference observed in the Baltic Sea is technically sophisticated and apparently also originates from the Russian shadow fleet.

A team of Polish rescuers and wildlife experts successfully freed a stranded whale entangled in fishing nets near a Baltic Sea resort. The operation, led by WWF Poland, was executed carefully to avoid harming the whale,

A humpback whale was rescued after becoming entangled in fishing nets in the Baltic Sea — an unusual place for the species to be found. The ensnared marine mammal was spotted about 260 feet offshore from Międzyzdroje — a seaside town in northwest Poland — on Feb. 26, according to a news release from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Poland office.

Vessels in the Baltic Sea are regularly witnessing satellite positioning jamming according to Polish researchers who want more help to increase surveillance.

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A whale has been freed by a team of wildlife experts from fishing nets in the Baltic Sea nearby a beach resort on Poland’s coast.

A humpback whale tangled in fishing nets near Międzyzdroje, a coastal town in northwestern Poland, was successfully freed on February 26, 2025. Rescue teams, including Poland’s Maritime Search and Rescue Service (SAR), WOPR Międzyzdroje, local firefighters, and WWF Poland volunteers, worked together to release the whale.

Teams of sea rescuers and wildlife experts have successfully freed a whale that got caught in fishing nets near a popular Baltic Sea resort in Poland WARSAW, Poland -- Teams of sea rescuers and ...

Sea rescuers watch a whale that got caught in fishing nets as they prepare to assist in cutting it loose, off the Baltic Sea beach near Miedzyzdroje, Poland, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Maritime ...