(Reuters) - The town that embraces its nickname as the "Icebox of the Nation" barely paused on Wednesday for the polar vortex that is gripping the U.S. Upper Midwest.
International Falls, Minnesota, a town of 6,000 people on the Canadian border, was among the coldest places in the United States, recording a low temperature of minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) on Wednesday with a wind chill factor of minus 55F (minus 48C), according to the National Weather Service.
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