Wild, wild East

"Even in Britain, you could expect to get trampled by a bison less than a thousand years ago, mauled by a wolf as late as the 17th century and finished off by wild boar chewing your innards well into the Middle Ages."  BBC/Lonely Planet
 

Wolves prowl Poland’s Romincka Forest. (Mark Read)

 "...in this remote corner of Poland, one of the last tracts of wilderness in Europe..."

European bison (Mark Read)

Read about Europe’s last virginal forest here. Or watch the video and the slideshow.