south? very glad. also very glad we could see severe weather in the middle of next week. watch you for the south. snow or severe weather. watch for tornadoes. thanks, chad. for two weeks, we have been documenting special correspondent philippe cousteau s journey to the arctic circle. today marks the final day we ll have his wrup dates for you. cousteau s been an an expedition to study the arctic. dangers range from subzero temperatures to polar bears. he also accomplished a cnn first with our furthest north live shot ever. here s his good-bye. it s been an incredible journey exploring the critical science happening here at the catlin ice base. we ve been privileged to see the scientists at work up close and personal as they dive in the heart of the their research. we ve got a little tiny bit of seawater starting to seep up
are out of here. well, it s not much visibility out there, but thank goodness there s enough for us to take off and land. so we re only about an hour and a half away from deer bay and the catlin ice base. what we re looking for is for a landing site, basically not too many just make the landing rough. bumpy land being, but we made it. simon, how are you? nice to meet you. philippe. we re offloading the airplane here, and it s quite a scene. everybody is helping out, pitching in. there s about seven or eight
be on sea ice and where we are. we are almost, if you look at this, about 1.2 kilometers squared, or about 400,000 square miles, less ice than we should have at this point. that s concerning because now it s going to melt because it gets warmer. where does it end up? in the bottom. seeing these pictures of the polar bears with nowhere to walk. that breaks my heart. this hasn t been a good winter for up north. maybe not a bad spring. maybe you ll have good news tomorrow. what do you think? i don t know. cnn special correspondent philippe cousteau is on the ground in the arctic right now studying climate change and global warming. after days of setbacks and some bad weather he s finally landed at the catlin ice base. here s philippe with an update on his journey. reporter: good news. the weather has cleared up enough, there s enough contrast up at the catlin ice base, we
other than that, there s science tents that aren t heated. it s really on the edge of science exploration here. these scientists are the ones that are at the forefront of understanding these complex systems of how the arctic works. philippe, for you to say you re on the edge of exploration means it really must be something because you ve taken a lot of ricfkz and done lot of things. i know you went through some pretty good training, even training to keep the polar bears off. stay safe. glad to hear from you. we ll stay in touch. philippe cousteau at the catlin ice base inside the arctic circle. to read cousteau s daily blog and see videos including a cool one about how to survive an encounter with a polar bear, head to our blog. american-muslims were again on the agenda for congress today. a senate judiciary subcommittee held a hearing to consider
philippe cousteau has finally arrived at catlin base. this morning ali velshi spoke with cousteau about his journey. this is truly extreme science. philippe cousteau and the cnn team have finally arrived at the catlin ice base. that is inside the arctic circle, the site dubbed the ground zero for climate change. scientists will deal with brutal storms, well below freezing temperatures, and isolation. and our crew is there to capture it all. philippe joins me from the catlin ice base, a cnn first. we have never broadcast from this close to the north pole before. philippe, good morning to you. tell us about the circumstances under which you are there and what it s like this morning. reporter: well, good morning, ali. delighted to join you. it s, to say the least, very cold outdoors. we arrived yesterday here on the