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♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ martha: using all the snow for something good. one teenager used the snow blanketing illinois to write a message to his mom. she is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia at chicago's rush university medical center. she saw her son's snow message through the window. mom, god bless you. how cute is that? all across the top of the parking area there on the top deck, and it has a big smiley

She joins us now on the phone. she happens to be a cousin of the producer of this broadcast. caroline, how you doing? >> i'm doing a lot better. i'm off the boat. things are looking up. >> i know you didn't get sick during the course of things. we'll talk about what happened later. during the course of things everybody around you was sick, huh? >> everyone was -- yeah. there were people that didn't want to go to the infirmary because they didn't want to be confined. they're walking around spreading the virus. it was just -- paranoid to touch anything or be in close quarters. my boyfriend and i...

A cold and icy or deal is closer to being over for passengers trapped on a ship off antarctica for ten days. all the passengers aboard the russian ship have been rescued by helicopter and are on an australian ice breaker. 22 crew members will stay on the ship until it can move again. this is a story that started christmas eve after the ship got stuck in 10 feet of ice. previous rescue attempts had to be abandoned because of treacherous conditions. over the weekend, anderson spoke to people on the ship via skype including on new years eve. they were in good spirits and kept their sense of humor...

Tourney, who you just saw in the report, alec and lawrence work for britain's "the guardian" paper. chris is the expedition leader. so chris, stuck for a week, how is everybody holding up? >> we're having a good time, relatively speaking, i suppose. i'm sure we would all rather not be here, but given that we are the group on this ship is incredibly collegiate. and there are a lot of skills and things people are sharing with each other. it is new year's eve, so we're practicing songs. >> there was a yoga class happening yesterday. >> and a spanish language class. just a moment ago. so everyone ...

Everybody is keeping busy, we're doing weekly briefings, it changes every hour. people are getting quite philosophical now. >> we have this tent, now we were sort of exposed on the deck of the ship. now we have a tent to shelter us from the elements. >> so is the tent on the deck of the ship? >> correct, we're on the top deck here, just a bit more shelter. it is actually raining outside right now. it is quite warm outside. >> i've been watching you guys on television and reading your tweet. you're unbelievably chipper. i don't think i'm ever that chipper and i'm not trapped on a boat surrounde...