(CNN) Winter is still in full swing in the North Pole, but temperatures this week have been downright summerlike in the Arctic. Although powerful storms have brought warm winds to the Arctic in the past, a fortress of sea ice would typically cool them down as they traveled north. February should be the height of the sea ice season -- but instead, crashing waves are changing their town's coastline. Last year had been the worst year for greatest loss in volume of sea ice until now. The cold weather, dubbed "the beast from the East," is the result of cold winds from Siberia sweeping across many parts of Europe.

Source: CNN February 27, 2018 17:26 UTC