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>> 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 surrounded by miles and miles of ice. >> it is a beautiful scene, i mean, you kind of have to take it in. we're outside, it is raining and cold. it is actually a beautiful scene, we're surrounded on the horizon with blocks of ice. it is a place at least for me and lawrence, we don't come to often. chri...

"snow dragon" initially tried to cut through ice as thick as six feet. used a cyclone to help the expedition's leader. he told new day that the weather is just too dicy for any kind of rescue, at least right now. >> conditions aren't just going to allow for that. you might be -- i'm sitting in a tent on the top deck of this, actually. the weather has deteriorated. yesterday, it was glorious. we had snow this morning. it's above freezing, it's raining outside, the winds are intense. not ideal for helicopter operations, unfortunately. >> they'll try again tomorrow and maybe they can get a better...

Before you get on board. i was pretty sure we were about to get off. >> so you end up hanging out in the bahamas for a little bit until you're able to get out of there and head home. when you talk about the flames you see reflected in the water and then you get off the ship and you see what we have been showing, the charred boat and the windows just gone. >> oh, yeah. >> did you have any idea it was that bad? >> it was crazy. the way they described it didn't seem that bad. the morning of, i went on the top deck to look over and see what i could see and didn't look that bad. get off and it was ...

Until you're able to get out of there and head home. when you talk about the flames you see reflected in the water and then you get off the ship and you see what we have been showing, the charred boat and the windows just gone. >> oh, yeah. >> did you have any idea it was that bad? >> it was crazy. the way they described it didn't seem that bad. the morning of, i went on the top deck to look over and see what i could see and didn't look that bad. get off and it was just surreal. i can't believe we were on that boat. the fire started on three and that's where my room was. >> oh. >> so, luckily ...

>> reporter: cnn's patrick in a va va went to a marina popular with americans and, sure enough, found the boat and the hakken family. >> i saw a boy playing on the top deck and a man with a large beard. comes out. i say, hey, are you josh? he said, yes, who are you. i said, i'm from cnn. gets very angry. goes in the boat. >> we did set up a team that consisted of local, state, around federal agents that actually departed the tampa area and went to cuba and actually met with the authorities there. >> reporter: the family was taken into custody. the boys and their parents separated on the flight...