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Launching apollo 11, a countdown feels appropriate. t minus three, two, one! >> whoa. >> there she goes. >> it's like that, huh? >> that's it. >> and that's a good time in this town, huh? >> yes. this is our exciting time of day. >> still cold. don't die. don't die. don't die. >> finding out that locals remain active when it's 90 degrees below zero brought several questions to my mind. though most of them i can't say because they have too many curse words. still, i need to know what drives people to live in barrow instead of not barrow. you know what? let me talk to some locals and find out wh...

>> no, no, no. >> no, no, no. wait a minute, the way you keep laughing, c.j., i feel like it might be a bad idea. >> i'll wait for you to come back. >> you're going to wait for me. i appreciate that. >> in my conversation with mike schultz, he spoke of how the native people of barrow are losing their traditions. i discovered no better example of this than dog sledding. >> hello. >> and i'm here at the home of geoff carroll, the last musher in town, which sounds like a great title for a disney movie. >> you are the last dog sledder in barrow. >> yes. sad but true. kind of slowly whittled down o...

which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that is a request and this year's student kim competition open to middle and high school students. - make a video documentary five to eight minutes long and tell us the part of the constitution that's important to you and why. be sure to include more than one point of view and video of cs and programming. entries are due by january 20, 2012. there's $50,000 in total prizes and a grand prize of $5,000. for all the details, go to studentcam.org. now a hearing on how drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge job creation. the house...

>> bbc world news is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, and the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. ♪ >> another massive melt in the arctic. the ice retreating so rapidly it's triggering serious change. >> really, the arctic ocean ecosystem and the coastal ecosystem are in crisis from global warming. >> it's opening up a region of vast riches. >> there's about 25 billion barrels of oil to be discovered in the arctic region. >> but...

>> bbc world news is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, and the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. ♪ >> another massive melt in the arctic. the ice retreating so rapidly it's triggering serious change. >> really, the arctic ocean ecosystem and the coastal ecosystem are in crisis from global warming. >> it's opening up a region of vast riches. >> there's about 25 billion barrels of oil to be discovered in the arctic region. >> but...