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Stage. all attempts to rescue this stranded research vessels by sea have been abandoned. the pack ice is too thick. instead, they're going to be air lifted. the passengers onboard will be air lifted to safety by helicopter. but they can only do that once the weather withins allow. this morning, new video. dozens of passengers walking arm in arm doing what they can to speed their rescue. >> we just learned they can't reach us. they're getting the team to stomp down the snow and ice so the chinese helicopter can reach us when the weather improves. >> reporter: the weather conditions are not expe...

Impossible for the rescue helicopter to actually reach the ship. so the crew has marked the spot on the ice where it can land. now all they can do simply is wait. here's more from matthew chance. >> suzanne, it's the new plan, in fact, it's the only plan say rescue workers that is going to work right now. they've abandoned all attempts at this stage to reach the stranded research vessel by sea. the pack ice is simply too thick around it for the ice breakers to break through. instead, they're going to be staging an airlift using a helicopter from the chinese ice breaker to fly over to the ship,...

Arrived. what hasn't arrive sd a rescue crew to get them off that vessel. that's about to change if mother nature cooperates. the crew is doing their part to lay the groundwork, literally. matthew chance has their story of optimism. >> reporter: kyra, it's the new plan. apparently it's the only plan that's going to work at this stage. all attempts to rescue this stranded research vessel by sea have been abandoned. the pack ice is just too thick for the ice breakers to break through. instead, they're going to be air lifted, passengers on board air lifted to safety by helicopter. they can only d...

Through the pack ice and reach that russian research vessel with the 74 people onboard. they've all had to abandon their attempts to rescue it. and so what's been announced now by the russian foreign ministry, because it's a russian registered ship, remember, is that chinese helicopters based on the chinese icebreaker the "snow dragon" will be used to airlift 56 of the 74 passengers and crew, leaving a skeleton crew onboard of 18 people to wait for the ice to melt so they can move the ship out safely. they won't be able to do that until the weather lightens up. there are very strong gusts of w...

An australian icebreaker turned around earlier today due to the horrible weather. i've had a chance firsthand to see how thick that ice is and how unforgiving the weather can be in antarctica. it was a decade ago i traveled to the south pole for my documentary "harsh continent." watching the u.s. coast guard cut through that ice really gives you an idea just how difficult a rescue like this is. here is part of my journey. life relies on the constant flow of supplies to its open harbor. a big challenge in a place where the ocean can freeze almost instantly. pack ice like this kept explorers awa...