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This change in weather fortunes comes about thanks to a blocking area of high pressure building across Greenland with cold Arctic air emptying out across the UK and bitter northerly winds developing.

Now an expert in the species says she believes the whale did indeed belong to the military and escaped from a naval base in the Arctic Circle.

With some Arctic air heading our way from Sunday, some parts of the United Kingdom could see their first wintry weather.

But Trump could give the industry a considerable boost by, for instance, re-opening more of the Arctic to drilling.

He wants to open areas such as the Arctic wilderness to oil drilling, which he argues would lower energy costs - though analysts are sceptical.