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Famine and drought and species extension. >> dr. gavin schmitt at nasa said global warming and sea level rise is good for nobody. sea level rise is good for nobody. i'll say it again. you know, what's happening, not just in greenland but the arctic, you have the melting of the pack ice. there's a huge land grab to get minerals, oil, we did a piece, everybody's putting arms there, russia's putting arms there, en's putting arms up there because there's a big land grab up there. but the problem with that is, the bigger issue is, the ice is gone. >> yeah. >> sea levels are rising. we'll have famin...

There are lots of ships that are comfortable in an icy environment. like, for example, this russian research and tourism ship. it makes regular trips to antarctic waters. it's comfortable in an icy environment. but you know, when the pack ice gets really thick, gets more than a few feet thick, this kind of ship really does not have capacity to cut through the ice or break through the ice in any way. and so it was on christmas morning when that tough little russian ship, which is seaworthy in icy waters but not an icebreaker, it got stuck. it got stuck. you heard about this. there were these 52...

Stairwell. one other person was critically injured. several others were treated for minor injuries. there's no word yet on the cause of that blaze. >> for two large ships stuck in the ice in antarctica, help's on the way. but it may be about a week before u.s. coast guard cutter polar star reaches the trapped vessels. cnn's keyera phillips joined the ship like the one in antarctica to see what it takes to smash through the thick ice. >> reporter: life at mcmurdo station relies on the constant flow of supplies to its open harbor. a challenge where the ocean can freeze almost instantly. pack ice...

Package.the scientists and journalists on board the aurora are on their way hopefully arrive ing inas you trail in mid-january. yesterday it looked like there might be another delay when the chinese ice breaker said it was stuck and the aurora was asked to stay in open water in case it needed to return to help. >> stuck in the ice just like the ship it came to rescue. crew of the chinese ice breaker helped helicopter the 52 passengers off their stranded russian research ship three days ago. they were beginning their long journey home on the an aura when they would told yesterday to stop in cas...

Stand by and stay where it is in case the chinese vessel needs asiftance. members of the australian crew say they believe this may not contain them very long, a couple days, perhaps, before the ice weakens in order for them to sail out of there. >> we know that that ship itself, that vessel is an ice breaker. do they wait it out or do they try and plow through the best they can? >> they'll do both those things. on the one hand they're trying to mash their way through the pack ice. it's just a little too thick for the boat's capabilities. 14 feet, incredibly thick for a boat, even of that size,...