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Describing its work as "valued and greatly appreciated". an online exhibition of 150 objects, including a letter from florence nightingale, has been put together to mark the occasion. kathryn stanczyszyn has more. we now what the red cross what have done for you and you know it far better. providing help when it is most needed, a red cross is familiar around the world as a symbol of care. the meeting cemented during two world wars. 150 years ago today, ata two world wars. 150 years ago today, at...

It doesnt feel the same as the other fingers. it feels a bit numb. frostnip is a freezing of the tissue but not a permanent freezing of the tissue. no ice crystals in the deep tissue like you would with full frostbite. so i havent actually killed the top of my thumb just yet? not just yet. for the next couple of days, its going to be more likely to get frostbite. the cold and the wind and the vast distances here make the logistics of a project like this very challenging. two ice—hardened ships...

I can feel it but it doesnt feel the same as... it doesnt feel the same as the other fingers. it feels a bit numb. frostnip is a freezing of the tissue but not a permanent freezing of the tissue. no ice crystals in the deep tissue like you would with full frostbite. so i havent actually killed the top of my thumb just yet? not just yet. for the next couple of days, its going to be more likely to get frostbite. the cold and the wind and the vast distances here make the logistics of a project like...

Of the tissue. no ice crystals in the deep tissue like you would with full frostbite. so i havent actually killed the top of my thumb just yet? not just yet. for the next couple of days, its going to be more likely to get frostbite. the cold and the wind and the vast distances here make the logistics of a project like this very challenging. two ice—hardened ships brought hundreds of tons of fuel and cargo to a remote ice shelf. then, specialists snow vehicles hauled it 1,000 miles over land. e...

I cant get it off. i do manage to warm up but i realise something isnt quite right. my finger has gone all kind of white and it looks a bit burnt. i think you should go and see the doctor to see if it needs a dressing on it because it doesnt look right to me. david is worried it could be the early stages of frostbite, commonly known as frostnip. can you feel that? i can feel it but it doesnt feel the same as... it doesnt feel the same as the other fingers. it feels a bit numb. frostnip is a free...

And onto the ship that was across the way. >> reporter: despite the danger and fatigue, there was no shortage of volunteers. >> we did not have to make any phone calls to get people to respond to this fire. we had sailors responding in respond to this fire. numbers that stayed on the scene for days. we had to order them to go home. rter: the r: the bonhomme richard was near the end of a quarter-billion-dollar overhaul to outfit it to carry the state of the art f-35 jet fighter like the u.s.s. am...

Of a lifetime. but the challenges were huge. on first look, we were dismayed. or i certainly was. i neverfor a moment thought she was going to look like that. when we dived i thought, gosh, what have we taken on? she was riddled with holes from decay and that sort of depth round the water line. the work was being filmed and photographed by toni morrison and his wife marion. top deck, you really couldnt walk on. i mean, you were in danger. and below that was nothing other than rusty girders a foo...

A pontoon would be sunk, placed under the hull, and then raised. slowly but surely, the great abandoned ship would float once more. as she come up, you see the great bow of the ship. fantastic. its amazing how the emotions come back... ..after all those years. the salvage team had beaten the odds and the ship was towed home. entire bristol had turned out. yes, it was really... it was good. actually, quite emotional, really, having watched it being salvaged and leaving and arriving, and all in go...

In the exact same spot where she was born 127 years before. she had completed herfinal voyage. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. and here she stands. you get an impression, restored obviously, but a real idea of what the two divers we re a real idea of what the two divers were talking about. imagine that bio coming up out of the water in the falklands, an amazing journey, and atop a glass roof which is specially environmentally sealed to ensure the hull does not erode any further. we will take yo...

Water in the bottom of the helm. and we we re carrying water in the bottom of the helm. and we were carrying all of our equipment, and just as an aside, i happen to be pregnant at the time. so it was all quite challenging, you could say. a pontoon would be sunk, placed under the whole, and then raised. slowly but surely, the great abandon ship would float once more. when she come up, you see the big bay of the ship, fantastic. its amazing how the emotions come back after a ll amazing how the emo...