"THIS is snow joke. A scientist has found a way of prolonging the notoriously fickle Scottish ski season - by wrapping mountains in bubble wrap.
Despite two bumper winters with plentiful snowfall, the country's five ski resorts suffer badly when temperatures rise and melt the snow and high winds drive the white stuff off the pistes, leaving extensive bare patches...."(click link below for more info)
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