In Brief
US polar vortex - in photos
by The Week team
1 Feb 2019
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Ice gleams along the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, where temperatures have dipped to below -20C
New Yorkers walk through a blizzard in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday as the Midwest polar vortex pushes further east
A person takes a selfie on the US side of Niagara Falls, which have frozen solid in the sub-zero conditions
A man walks on an ice-covered break wall along Chicago’s Lake Michigan
Ice flows fill the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Snowdrifts in Lake Harriet, Minnesota, where icy cold temperatures swept in from Canada
