The Polar Vortex That Shook the World | Fatal Forecast 103
It began deep in the Arctic Ocean, where the atmosphere is warming twice as fast as the rest of the earth. It was the changing climate over the North Pole that determined the outcome of the winter of 2014 in North America and around the world. Strong westerly winds sent extreme cold air from the top of the world all the way down to the tropics in an extraordinary event called the polar vortex.
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