Are you like us and wondering where the catchy phrase "polar vortex" came from? Was it some witty editor on BuzzFeed? Or a melodramatic meteorologist from The Weather Channel? Nope! It's first known published citing/sighting was in Charles Dickens' two-penny weekly, "Household Words," 1853. And the Colgate Special Collections and University Archives has its very own copy of the issue! #tbt #polarvortex #universityarchives #archivesofinstagram #periodicalsarecool #libraries #librariesofinstagram #colgatescua #colgateuniversity #dontgooutthere (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUHNoZB5iY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ao84yow6mfyq











