Shark's freeze and Niagara Falls turns to ice in 37 C temperatures colder than Mars as America braces for the chilliest New Year's Eve in 50 years. Extreme cold descents of much of the United States as 220 million Americans wrap up for cold-est New Year in living memory. The U.S. is colder than the surface of Mars and Niagara Falls has turned to ice as temperatures plummet to record breaking lows leading to frozen sharks washing up on the beach. It is set to be the cold-est New Year in living memory as 220 million Americans wrap up to face lows of minus 37 degrees Celsius. The crippling cold has brought transit systems grinding to a halt in Boston while there were 30 crashes in one Michigan County alone on Friday morning due to treacherous icy roads. Fountains froze over in New York where New Year's Eve party goers are being worn to lay off the booze and bring some hand-warmers to see the famous big ball drop in time square as forecasters say it will hit dash 11 C. The National Weather Service has warned of hypothermia and frostbite across the country. A dog in Ohio was found frozen solid on a front porch while three Atlantic White Sharks have been found frozen solid having been washed up on Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts over the last three days. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said, we hauled the shark off the beach and it is currently thung at NOAA Fisheries Service to be dissected later. A true shark cycle. A temperature of 35C was recorded in Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire the highest peak in the Northeastern United States breaking a record set back in 1933. Such is the extreme cold that some parts of the US are chillier than the surface of Mars. Data from the Curiosity Rover, which is roaming the red planet, shows temperatures there reached a comparatively Bommi-23C on December 20. Niagara Falls looked more like Narnia as the landmark which straddles the on the border between New York State and Canada froze over. But the picturesque scenes do not mask the danger as the cold has already been blamed for a handful of deaths. An 83-year-old woman died from exposure to the cold after crashing her car in eastern South Dakota. Meanwhile, organizers are being forced to cancel a long list of New Year's celebrations. Already winter weary parts of the nation are dealing with a mounting number of weather-related headaches, from highway pilots to frozen pipes and a rash of car thefts. Police in the Cincinnati area say a half dozen cars have been stolen in recent days after being left running unattended by owners trying to warm them up. Underwater show. Another foot or more snow is on the way in Erie, Pennsylvania, where residents still are trying to dig out from the more than five feet of snow that has fallen since Christmas Eve. A call center there directing rescuers to help people trapped by snow drifts in the area has been overwhelmed. Josh Yeager, a co-ordinator at the center, told the Erie Times News, the phones have been ringing off the hook.