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About the fact that it's only going to warm up to the 20s. the snow that falls will stay. it will make for a messy weekend to begin with, too. >> the snow so fine, like michaela pereira. >> wow. he is too much. our john berman. >> a lot of other news happening this morning. so fine, ana cabrera is here as well. >> i have fine news, breaking news this morning but it is good news. all of the passengers stranded on that ship in antarctica have been rescued. a helicopter air lifted a dozen passengers at a time early this morning from that research vessel as they had a brief break in the weather. 5...

Breaking news now. the safe rescue of scientists and tourists trapped on that ship in antarctica, the successful air lift began this morning. helicopter ferry be a dozen passengers at a time from the ice bound ship. they've been stranded there since christmas eve. all earlier rescue attempts failed. they tried by sea, they tried earlier by air. nothing worked. now they seem to be okay. poppy harlow jones us now. >> rescue is complete, all 52 passengers stuck on that stranded ship in antarctica, for more than a week, transported safely to an australian ice breaker but their trip is far from ove...

>> the helicopter to take us home. thanks, everyone! >> reporter: by air and sea, teams are commencing a complex operation to air lift the 52 researchers and journalists stranded aboard a research ship off the coast of antarctica. the ship stuck since christmas eve in ten feet of ice. >> if all goes well we'll be off in about an hour's time. >> reporter: stranded passengers seen here stomping on the snow and ice, arm in arm, preparing a landing zone for the chinese rescue chopper. the helicopter will transport 12 passengers at a time, flying them to the australian ice breaker "aurora australia...

They're planning ahead. jennifer grey in boston. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. the long awaited rescue mission for 52 passengers on the ship in antarctica, that rescue mission is happening right now. the research vessel has been stuck in the deep ice since christmas eve. since then, three ice breakers have failed to reach the ship but now it is all systems go for a helicopter rescue. cnn's poppy harlow with the latest. they're on their way out. >> good for them. we got a tweet from professor chris turney. he said we made it to the aurora australia safe and sound. thanks to the chi...

Case where preparation really counts. the fact that these guys prepared so well is why there was never any danger to the passengers. they were extremely unlucky to catch the blizzard that brought the ice across. it could have happened to any ship. so i think in terms of what we've learned, we'll have to see. but in terms of preparation is definitely the thing. i think that's guided them through this for the past week exceptionally well. as far as what i've learned, don't do this over christmas or your wife won't talk to you. >> alvin stone, perhaps the best lesson anyone has learned. i think t...