Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110329:18:30:00
Catlin ice base, and the conditions are pretty clear, but we're surrounded by an arctic desert. and actually standing on an ocean essentially with about five feet of ice beneath us. >> philippe, what are you doing there? what are you looking for? and what are you going to do to find out what you're out there to find? >> reporter: well, we're here for a week, ali, with the catlin arctic survey, a group of scientists looking at various different issues to understand how the arctic system works, how the ecosystem and environment works here, what's happening with the ice caps, with the uptake of c...