Snow City, Singapore’s indoor snow centre that opened in 2000, will close later this year after 26 years of operation. The venue, housed within the Science Centre, has long been a favourite among families, school groups and tourists, and has expanded and updated its offerings over the decades.

Polish skier Bartek Ziemski has become the first person to complete ski descents of eight of the world’s 14, 8.000m+ peaks in the Himalayas without supplementary oxygen, skiing down Lhoste (8,516 m / 27,940 ft), the world’s fourth highest peak.