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The sudden winter chill came thanks to the polar vortex, an area of low pressure and cold air in the Arctic near the North Pole, that has taken hold over parts of the country, meteorologists say.

With an assist from a drone, one Chicago photojournalist captures the brutality and the beauty of winter in the Windy City.

The polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.

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Join the exciting experiment as Lego mechanisms are put to the test to create a vortex inside a transparent plastic ball!

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Harsh weather moved west as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms ...

But at times some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing unusually cold weather south and permitting warmer weather to creep up north.