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Planet with no oxygen, this is one of the most dangerous areas to operate. >> reporter: russians forces pride themselves in able to operate in the most bitter cold conditions, even training with reindeer. much of the base is top secret but the russian military does boast a tour of some parts of the interior. this is part of putins plan to dominate the arctic. the oil and gas reserves he has his eye on in the arctic are massive and experts say worth possibly ten of trillions of dollars and expect...

Vanderbilt off in a nail biting, 68-66. those are five things you need to know for your new day. here are a few extras to brighten your friday. chavez of san diego, the oldest surviving pearl harbor veteran, getting a letter from president trump to mark his 105th birthday yesterday. the letter from the president thanking travis for his service while urging him to keep going. today ice breaking begins on beautiful lake superiors twin ports, the wake-up call ritual prepares the harbor for shippi...

Looking for an opportunity to exploit the oil and other minerals that might be in the region. whats happening, and this is what i find very, very disconcerten. i am the ranking member of the maritime and coast -- and we are very concerned that the u.s. does not have the assets to fully pa trole the arctic ocean. one heavy icebreaking is deployed in the ant arctic. we have no other heavy icebreak icebreaker. we are simply short of ice breaking ships in the arctic. the u.s. navy cant go there in t...

The story ends thats because you know how things go for shell in the arctic. this is crunch time now in terms of their plans to the drill for oil. they would like to start arctic drilling this month. they have been getting sip this is place like the finnish ice breaking ship. another part has been getting the the permission to drill mainly because of how shell keeps botching things this the ark technical. the u.s. government gave them the historic go ahead to start drilling in the arctic. it wen...

They have been getting ships in place like the finnish ice breaking ship. another part has been getting the permission to drill mainly because of how shell keeps botching things this the arctic. the u.s. government gave them the historic go ahead to start drilling in the arctic. it went badly. this is shells drilling rig "the noble discoverer" after it ran aground. it started drifting and a crashed into the island. a few pos months later the ship caught fire in port after an explosion. a few mon...

Least an inch of snow on the ground. now were down to 19%. here is the cutoff for all that snow beginning to melt across this region of the u.s. and ice, of course melting very quickly, as well. well touch on that momentarily. on december 21st the first day of winter the sun angle quite low in the sky. a lot of atmosphere for that suns energy to travel through, so the snow melt is slow. now in march, the snow melt becoming very rapid. and june 21st peak sun angle, with the warmest weather approa...

From texas to carolina the fourth storm dumped more than a foot of snow on alabama. nine inches in parts of northern georgia. heavy snow and ice caused widespread power outages in north carolina and every state the storms path icy roads and snow turn roads treacherous. drivers stranded overnight on i-65 and air travel took a hit. nearly a thousand domestic flights cancelled. even states used to brutal winters, index topping out. frozen nearly every square mile of the great lakes. gary tuchman to...

Astonishing rate. i never imagined that wed see change this radical in such a short period of time. but weve seen these big tons of ice breaking back or melting off and changing the glacial dynamics of this landscape until recently people thought were big monolithic blobs. >> how do you convince skeptics that something has to change? >> many years ago i have to admit that i was one of those who thought about the belief and ideology more than evidence. i thought it was simply impossible that huma...

To this entire neighborhood. there is still potential for flooding up into the northeast. new england is soaking wet from melting snow. steve osunsami, atlanta. >> in the midwest, still struggling to clear the ice-clogged great lakes. blamed for a week long shutdown of the nations largest steel factory. ice breaking ships have made enough headway for u.s. steel to put its massive indiana plant back into limited production. and a much different scene in southern california where it continues to h...

Temperatures almost 50. if that moisture were to have come in the next day on tuesday, it certainly would have been a snow affair. 14 degrees. so, 30- to 40-degree temperature drop from new york to nashville. nashville drops from 50 on sunday to 7. these are the high temperatures. can you imagine how low its all going to go. martin, really cold air, no question about that. were going to see an incredible amount of moisture, but the timing on its a little off for the northeast. >> forget miami. i...