Where Do Blizzards Come From? [Vintage Infographic]
Blizzards from the Arctic, May 1923 "This chart shows the breeding ground of many of our worst blizzards, which are born in the Behring Sea and may travel for 15,000 or 20,000 miles along the path indicated by the dotted line. The crosses indicate proposed arctic weather stations and the circles existing stations." Click here to see this vintage image even larger. Popular Science archivesThis whimsical map from 1923 shows the birth of a typical arctic storm. Is that Old Man Winter lurking in Siberia? When Popular Science published this blustery infographic in May 1923, forecasters often had little or no warning of approaching storms. Norwegian meteorologist V. Bjerkus Ekerhold proposed an international partnership to build a chain of stations (represented by crosses on the map) around the North Pole that would send several days notice of incoming blizzards to forecasters all over world. Many of our worst storms are born...