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Telling cnn what they're up against. >> we've been battling a few little snowstorms here and there. the challenge right now is the ice coverage. we're in 100 miles of ice cover. sykes feet of snow massive blocks of ice all around us everywhere you look there's big tabular icebergs. >> reporter: without a rescue mission, he says things could have been deadly. >> if we wait here they would have to wait for a serious shift in had wind and that might not come. they do potentially had to be wintered down here. >> reporter: and this isn't the first time a ship happens rescued in icy waters. just in ...

And we've also learned tonight that just as talks begin here in havana, the department of homeland security has revealed additional coast guard cutters have now been deployed to the florida straits to halt cubans from reaching the u.s. by boat. and apparently there is another vessel making news right here in cuba tonight. it's right in the port not far from where i'm standing. a russian spy vessel that arrived this week. coincidence or is someone trying to send a message? we asked abc's jim avila to take us on board. how far would he get, though? >> reporter: right there in the center of old h...

Now, a last hope remained. find the black boxes before they stop emitting pings. >> you're not in an ivory tower. you haven't got the luxury of time. you've got pingers that may expire. so you've got to say, this is our best guess now. >> their best guess is a remote area more than twice the size of california. >> good morning. these are all the aircraft flying today. >> the australians take over the search. and soon after the australian ship ocean shield lowers the ping locater into the water, pings are detected. >> clearly this is a most promising lead. >> it was, wow, again. >> it was mirac...

Itself again. earlier this month australia is starting a new investigation, covering 60,000 kilometers and taking up to a year to complete. >> we are confident we will find the missing aircraft within the search. this will be a challenging one. >> dutch engineering firm has begun under water mapping and will begin operations next month. martin dolan, head of the australian transport safety board, says that area of the indian ocean is uncharitied territory. >> we're still discovering data, of pictures we had no knowledge of, and water volcanos and other things. so, we're finding some surprises ...

The gap, and here's why. today, in australia, a man got stuck while boarding a train. his leg was wedged between the train and the platform. transit workers could not get him out, and then dozens of passengers tilted the train, just enough so he could escape. the man, we're told, was not hurt. in a moment, we'll sail back in time aboard america's oldest commercial ship. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems ...