The strange beauty of the polar vortex
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Lake Michigan, Chicago. | (Photo courtesy sarah-ji / sierraromeo [sarah-ji]/Flickr)
Birchwood, Chicago. | (Photo courtesy Kev / WesternBuddha/Flickr)
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Montreal. | (Photo courtesy Michael Vesia / Michael Vesia/Flickr)
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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