Diehard fans have braved freezing temperatures and a wind chill of -26C (-14F) to watch an NFL playoff match in Wisconsin.
The Green Bay Packers took on the San Francisco 49ers at their home field on Sunday night, in one of the coldest American football matches ever played.
A phenomenon described as a polar vortex has plunged states in the north and northwest US into a deep freeze,
causing transport chaos and school closures.
Some Packers fans - affectionately known as cheeseheads - wore costumes Fans at the Packers' Lambeau Field swaddled themselves
in multiple layers of thick clothing and covered themselves with blankets for the tie, which lasted around three hours.
The 49ers' stars - who are more used to balmy California temperatures - wrapped up on the touchline in signature red blankets.
Despite not being accustomed to the inclement weather, they won 23-20, putting them one step closer to
February's Super Bowl.
Thick layers were necessary for the three-hour game The weather phenomenon has seen super-chilled air from the Arctic sucked into North and South Dakota, the Great Lakes states and New England, sending temperatures plunging.
Washington DC has already seen its coldest temperatures for 20 years and several states in the Midwest have recorded their lowest mercury readings for more than a decade.
Icy weather is feared to have been a factor that led to a Delta Airways flight skidding off the runway at JFK Airport on Sunday.
None of the flight's 35 passengers was injured and the aircraft was safely towed to a gate.
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