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Well, that was how the uk has been welcoming in 2021. and said good riddance to 2020. lets take a look at the just some of the celebratations earlier around the world. in bangkok, 20,000 "eco—friendly" fireworks made of sticky rice lit the sky to mark the new year. and in wuhan, where crowds gathered on the banks of the yangtze. lets look at the fireworks show at taipei 101 skyscraper to mark the new year. in north korea, crowds attented while wearing masks. in australia, sydneys famous

Pull up to 70 tons. these vehicles have transformed the science we can do in antarctica, increasing the scale, the number of people, the number of scientists we can bring to bear on these problems. six people can deliver all the cargo for maybe 30 scientists, and then we can deliver the fuel that can operate five or six airplanes. wejust truck along, day from day, nobody really knows where we are and then we just suddenly turn up. delivering bounty — bladders of fuel instead of sacks of presen...

Another team survey the site to pinpoint exactly where the grounding line is. it‘s taken almost five weeks but we are finally at the front of the glacier. until this year, only four people had ever been here before. oh my god! hello friend. this is where icefin is going to be deployed but first, they need to drill a hole, or rather melt one, using hot water to bore down almost half a mile into the ice. so task one — create a vast reservoir of water using this huge rubber bath which the scien...

Wild ride with her, pulling her down the slippery slope. jakes mom was at the bottom of the hill, could not stop laughing, jade is fine and everybody laughed. >> the pandemic has separated a lot of us from our loved ones so this calls for a little bit of covid-19 creativity so this is barbara and clive from leeds, england, havent seen the grandkids since march, so these inflatable bears, they went over to the grandkids house and have -- gave their kids a big hug, great way to end 2020 with famil...

Clear they seek dominance in 2021. they know that this pandemic has brought much of the road to a standstill. as such, they see this as a real opportunity for them moving forward. while much of the world celebrating new years eve at home, thousands celebrated on the streets of wuhan, the very city in which coronavirus originated. to further rub salt in the moon, president xi praised chinas pandemic boom as a reminder that china profited while others suffered. she says china was the first major e...

In previous years we have gone to jump off a building. >> in las vegas. >> in las vegas. >> yeah, we jumped off a building in las vegas. what else did we do? laviolet last year we had a rave. it was pretty crazy. we went roller blading last year. i thought wed step it up a notch. thats kind of what were doing right now. >> i had to take off my ear piece. there was reverberation. sorry about that. we wanted to do something adventuresome this year. exciting, fun. >> a unique experience to say the ...

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>> okay. >> before we let this go -- >> theres something in the oven. >> weve worked so hard. >> the magic of television. >> we would be natural on iron chef. >> weve got some cornbread. you do that with the black eyed peas peas. >> michael, we love you. the place is still open. lots of, lots of love. thank you, my friend. bye, michael. >> happy new year. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> lets go to oregon to our favorite father/daughter duo, the tuckmans. >> who are usually rolling through the cen...

Old, good german sausage inside. were going to take you for a ride. >> lets hope nobody falls, were going to make it through the rest of the year without a big -- >> oh, my gosh. how can you guys see? oh, i see, the lights are on. >> we have to give a shout out to our photographer mike, keeping up with us here. >> oh, wow. mike on skis with camera. not nothing. it looks gorgeous. yeah, yeah, gary -- >> well, you guys are way more adventurous than i. i cant even do that during the day. >> i love ...

Wonderful world ♪ the world says a not so fond farewell in 2020 and welcomes 2021 with a hearty hello. well, while we celebrate the passing of the year that was, the pandemic remains, infections and hospitalizations are surging everywhere it seems. and in the united states, the problems are particularly acute. the u.s. set a new record for hospitalizations on new years eve day, more than 125,000. but president donald trump who returned to washington from florida on thursday remains focussed ...