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The current buzzword used by the media is "polar vortex". It appears
to be a rather recent term, as no meteorology texts refer to it.
NASA explains that the polar vortex is a "whirling and persistent
large area of low pressure, found typically over both North and South
poles."
A quick perusal of introductory meteorology texts finds reference
instead to the Polar High.