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. >> the place it was made. >> 1889. the bell was made in 1889, and it came down. what do you think the next few weeks are like for you here? >> well, currently, we are -- our state highway department, transportation cabinet, they've been down here. people from frankfort, adjoining counties, they started three blocks over there, more or less the center of town, and worked their way out to clear roads and sidewalks for utility companies to come in. there's still not power, water, sewer inside the city limits of mayfield. once this is all pulled back, utility workers will be able to come in ther...

It goes up and it goes down. we just need more up than down until we get this powerback on, guys. >> ice is bad but everything is relative. you know who knows that? people stuck on a ship in antarctica. it's been going on since the 23rd. an expedition ship with 74 people aboard has spent four days trapped in the ice. someone on board the stranded vessel has sent cnn video showing the reaction when they finally saw a chinese ice breaker approaching the ship. even though it's still hours away, they saw it out on the horizon. cnn's diana magnay has the latest from moscow. diana? >> reporter: hi, ...

Says, have taken their toll. he says he has an asthma condition, a heart condition and that he's in bad shape, that he's feeling desperate and abandoned. chris? >> time must be magnified under duress, barbara. we'll stay on this. obviously this is an urgent situation. thank you very much. >> reporter: indeed. the winter weather that left hundreds of thousands in the dark for the holiday, the storm we're talking about actually moved through a few days ago but the power has also now been out for days. from michigan to maine. and the result has turned deadly. the nasty weather conditions are sl...

>> he did have the same reaction when he opened up his gifts. coming up on "new day," forget about the grinch. too many are saying it's u.p.s. and fedex who stole christmas. where are the packages? we'll tell you why the packages are supposedly delayed and what the companies say they'll do to make up for it. hundreds of thousands of people in the dark this morning, power still out days after an ice storm covered an area from michigan to maine. we'll have the latest on the efforts to get powerback on, coming up.