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South? >> very glad. also very glad we could see severe weather in the middle of next week. watch you for the south. snow or severe weather. watch for tornadoes. >> thanks, chad. for two weeks, we have been documenting special correspondent philippe cousteau's journey to the arctic circle. today marks the final day we'll have his wrup dates for you. cousteau's been an an expedition to study the arctic. dangers range from subzero temperatures to polar bears. he also accomplished a cnn first with our furthest north live shot ever. here's his good-bye. >> it's been an incredible journey explori...

Are out of here. well, it's not much visibility out there, but thank goodness there's enough for us to take off and land. so we're only about an hour and a half away from deer bay and the catlin ice base. >> what we're looking for is for a landing site, basically not too many -- just make the landing rough. >> bumpy land being, but we made it. simon, how are you? nice to meet you. philippe. we're offloading the airplane here, and it's quite a scene. everybody is helping out, pitching in. there's about seven or eight

Be on sea ice and where we are. we are almost, if you look at this, about 1.2 kilometers squared, or about 400,000 square miles, less ice than we should have at this point. that's concerning because now it's going to melt because it gets warmer. where does it end up? in the bottom. seeing these pictures of the polar bears with nowhere to walk. >> that breaks my heart. >> this hasn't been a good winter for up north. maybe not a bad spring. >> maybe you'll have good news tomorrow. what do you think? >> i don't know. cnn special correspondent philippe cousteau is on the ground in the arctic rig...

Other than that, there's science tents that aren't heated. it's really on the edge of science exploration here. these scientists are the ones that are at the forefront of understanding these complex systems of how the arctic works. >> philippe, for you to say you're on the edge of exploration means it really must be something because you've taken a lot of ricfkz and done lot of things. i know you went through some pretty good training, even training to keep the polar bears off. stay safe. glad to hear from you. we'll stay in touch. philippe cousteau at the catlin ice base inside the arctic cir...

Philippe cousteau has finally arrived at catlin base. this morning ali velshi spoke with cousteau about his journey. >> this is truly extreme science. philippe cousteau and the cnn team have finally arrived at the catlin ice base. that is inside the arctic circle, the site dubbed the ground zero for climate change. scientists will deal with brutal storms, well below freezing temperatures, and isolation. and our crew is there to capture it all. philippe joins me from the catlin ice base, a cnn first. we have never broadcast from this close to the north pole before. philippe, good morning to you...