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For protection. when we work in remote sites on the ice, we will take small electrical fences with us and personnel carrying rifles and flare guns and other types of safety equipment. >> reporter: home base is this german ice breaker, the polarstern. it will be fitted with scientific equipment, turning it into a floating laboratory. what happens in the arctic doesnt stay in the arctic. its usually considered an early warning system for global climate change, and scientists e,e hoping the expedit...

Year theyve helped nearly 1,000 clients access 22 destinations, from machu picchu to maui but the best part might just be this >> unbelievable. >> reporter: blazing a brand new trail and empowering others like steve, grateful for the view >> it feels like this is what it f no limits. steve patterson, nbc off road, on wheels, news, lake tahoe im jose diaz-balart reporting from new york thank you for the privilege of your time and good night

Finally tonight, america strong. the record-septembering grandmother, the old ers to climb mt. ki kilimanjaro and then someone beat her record and sone more t. >> i see her! >> reporter: anne lorimor back home after her trip to africa. >> wow! >> reporter: but this wasnt just any trip. at 89 and a great-grandmother, she just climbed mt. kilimanjaro. thats her in pink. and that makes her the oldest person ever to reach the top of the 19,034 foot mountain. >> there was a point where i really was c...

See the effects firsthand. >> reporter: alaska blue white giants are dying falling to rising temperatures. >> 34 degree water recently melted ice and snow. >> reporter: pat guides tours on the glacier. >> on 2009 you used to be able to step on the ice from the end of the trail >> reporter: today we have to kayak to the glaciers face a mile away, nimbly making our way past icebergs that have broken off. >> perhaps as recently has 30 years ago, where were kayaking now would have been under hundred...

Fisheries, a $6 billion industry are jeopardized. and the ice keeps melting. a helicopter is now the only way to reach the top they say the spencer recedes 100 feet a year. >> this is a phenomenal place of natural beauty the tragedy is its disappearing before our very eyes >> reporter: matts tour business ascending path is also receding >> i love what water creates, but the cause of it is heartbreaking. >> repr:atmosphere, it g hotter and melting glaciers causing water levels worldwide to rise. ...

In june, a cruise ship slammed into a dock and a smaller boat, bringing tensions with locals to a head >> i think we are becoming like a disneyland >> reporter: venice is not alone. around the world more people are traveling than ever before >> it is the growth of the cheap flights and that has opened up the potential to take much shorter trips and many more trips. >> reporter: that has tourist officials concerned about safety damage to monuments, national treasures and sacred sites. most notabl...

Theyre losing more than two feet of density each year. >> the warming causes the snow and ice to melt, which then frees up more of the ground to absorb more heat. >> reporter: climatologist brian brett schneider. >> it feeds off of itself in a downward spiral. >> reporter: its estimated climate change could cost the alaskan economy as much as $700 million a year over the next five decades. >> is alaska the countrys canary in a coal mine? >> it really is for climate change, because everything is ...

An earthquake can really do. i never imagined something like this happening here in this valley. >> reporter: its hard to calm frayed nerves with all the aftershocks. the mckees were worried another quake could send all these bricks right into their home. others are afraid to go in their home at all, and theyve been sleeping outside. dana? >> jacobson: carter evans with the latest in california. carter, thank you. there was nowhere to cool off along mississippis coast today. a toxic algae bloom ...

Or because just five years ago he was selling real estate the 36-year-old rookie entered the tournament ranked 353rd in the world. but this isnt just about fighting through adversity on the golf course. >> i would give anything for my parents to be able to be here and share this with me >> reporter: when lashley was in college, his parents and then girlfriend were killed when their plane crashed in a snow squall they were flying home after watching him play. >> for a lot of years it was just tou...

Lauren or he managed to convince the sponsors to also support his training program for the women from shame shall. consist. for. the packing takes hours by the time by new and good router done its dark outside. the climb begins 1st thing the next morning the sky is clear the temperature is 15 degrees celsius and the winds are light. but in mountains weather can change quickly and with little warning. some rains mother and wish her good luck. theyre anxious for some rain to pass the course touris...