The Midwest is colder than Antarctica thanks to the polar vortex — here’s what it looks like – Business Insider

As the polar vortex continues, many social-media users in the Midwest have added Antarctica to their weather apps, just so they can share images like this:

It’s proof that the temperatures they’re experiencing are colder than those on the planet’s southernmost continent.

But perhaps more startling than the numbers are the images emerging from the cities and states experiencing this intense cold.

Lake Michigan looks like something out of the movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” In Chicago, workers lit kerosene-soaked ropes on fire next to frozen train tracks in order to keep trains running.

Here’s what the reality of the polar-vortex event looks like on the ground.