notice, the helicopter would arrive and we'll be taken off to the chinese icebreaker. at the last minute it looked like the ship couldn't get there, so it was a new plan that came into action, and despite the fact that we were waiting for several days, the whole thing was over very quickly. it was a four or five-hour operation, and suddenly, we were all on board a new ship. and we've been trying to get ourselves used to it for several days. >> the chinese helicopter's amazing. the teams are turning around in 25 minutes, got everyone off the ship really incredibly well. everyone was very friendly. >> alec, i saw you tweeting about a patch of rough weather that you guys hit yesterday, a snowstorm in the southern ocean. that must have been tons of fun. >> well, it was very beautiful, actually. i was looking at it from the back deck of the "aurora australia." we're on the hellie deck and it was beautiful, all the way to the horizon on both sides, like a massive snow globe, and we're sort of sailing through open water, which is a novelty for