As much of the United States remains in the clutches of the polar vortex, other parts of the Northern Hemisphere are also feeling the extremes of mid-winter. Collected below, images taken over the past week from countries across the North, where icy temperatures and snowfall have drastically changed the landscape.
Scenes From a Frozen World
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A natural-color image of the frigid Great Lakes region acquired on January 27, 2019, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite. Cloud streets and lake-effect snow stretch across the scene, as freezing winds blow across the lake surfaces in subzero temperatures. #
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A Metra train moves southbound toward downtown Chicago as a gas-fired switch heater on the rails keeps ice and snow off the switches near the Metra Western Avenue station in Chicago on January 29, 2019. #
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Ice covers the Lake Michigan shoreline on January 30, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. Businesses and schools have closed; Amtrak has suspended service into the city; more than 1,000 flights have been canceled; and mail delivery has been suspended as the city copes with record-setting low temperatures. #
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Dogs play in the early-morning light on Primrose Hill as the sun begins to rise in London, England, on January 31, 2019. The United Kingdom endured its coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures dropping as low as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (–13 degrees Celsius) in Scotland. #
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Water buffalo bathe in a hot spring near the village of Budakli in the mountainous Bitlis province of southeastern Turkey on January 24, 2019. Residents of the village, which has some 60 homes, walk hundreds of buffalo up snow-covered roads to geothermal springs in the winter. Villagers say the hot springs heal buffalo's wounds, alleviate discomfort in their breasts, and help make quality milk. The village's main source of income is cheese, butter, and milk from the buffalo. #
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