you don't have to look very care floe at an orchid or georgia o'keeffe painting to get-- . >> stephen>> stephen: i do, baby. >> i think-- very sexy time. she is a woman of great passion and desire which is something that i wanted to do because i feel like as a contemporary require writing about the 19th century i can do like the brontes and jane austen and elliott could only hint at. i can actually say what happens. >> all right what does happen? i mean without giving everything away, does mr. darcy come in and then take her away and then she gets on to the important work of cutting crusts off cucumber sandwiches? what is the future for a 19th century woman. >> well, there's love in the story but he essentially what this is a book that celebrates a woman's locationment because i felt that is a story we've never heard. and as a woman who herself has had her life saved so many times by her passion for her work i wanted to talk about somebody whos who lives up and downs and romances and dramas may come and go but what is at the centre of is it is this desire to understand nothing less th

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there's ice floes and ice packs. the wind pushes the ice together. they did see it coming. they wanted to extend their experiments and get out quickly. people think ice moves slowly. in reality it moves quickly indeed. and the wind packed the ice together so strongly, listen to this, when they were packed in, when they sent their distress signal christmas eve, there was two miles between them. in the few days since, it has grown to 13 miles. they are now 13 miles from the open sea. the ice is packed so deeply. they said the ice, which is pushing against the ship, has tilted the ship a little bit. now, the captain changed the ballast so it is level again. but the ice is pressuring, pushing, beginning to crush the ship. there's no sense of alarm. it's not that far along yet. but they said 100 years ago the famous ship "endurance" was crushed by ice. we're nowhere near there, of course, but those are the kind of conditions in the region. >> thank you for explaining all that. it's a much clearer picture. see you again. thank you. >>> four american military personnel in tripoli

the snow dragon ran into an ice floe while trying to reach the research ship. it's been stuck there since christmas eve. 74 people that are on board that first ship will likely have to wait at least another two days to be rescued. now, live in our new york city newsroom with the latest. at first i heard everyone was okay being stuck on the ship but now the rations and the food are starting to get a little dim. >> they are. they say they do have enough food to last. that chinese icebreaker, the snow dragon, came within just seven nautical miles of the stranded russian vessel when it was unable to push through the thick heavy ice. a french icebreaker also called off its mission about 12 nautical miles from the ship. both ships are now waiting in place. now the stranded russian research ship is putting its icebreaker from australia said to have the best ice breaking capabilities, which is expected to arrive by late sunday their time. the stranded ship left new zealand on november 28th carrying 74 tourists, crew and scientists. they were recreating an australian ex

right now we're seeing a bit of a southwest wind floe but winds have been fairly light.at will pick up later on today. the northwest winds will dominate into the afternoon. that means it's going to feel much more brisk as the day goes by. cold morning start followed by afternoon sunshine so take the sunglasses with you as well as the heavy layers to insulate you from the cold. tonight we clear it out meaning temperatures drop once again. very brisk start to your friday morning but we'll have milder temperatures not only for friday but saturday as well. here's how we look with our futurecast forecast model. overall today not too bad. the moisture and the snow showers move up to the north. sunshine for the afternoon. and we'll see very clear skies overnight tonight. it does look like the forecast stays a little bit calm through the first half of our weekend but things will be changing as we go along. so your planning purposes for today, what you need to know is to dress for cold weather. we're only going to see a high of 45. that's right around the city's center closer to

. >> upon being dragged underneath the ice floe, the danger level increased 100%.is unable to be pulled back because he goes underneath the ice. he's also being dragged by a current that is unbelievable because now it's pressurized. it's formed underneath the ice. he's almost like a water skier in a current being just straight out. >> now it's critical. so i looked at gary and said, we got to go. that's it. we got to go. we've got to go get him. >> rescuers on top of the ice cautiously give carella and moriarty the rope they need to reach the man, who is still holding onto that life ring just a few feet from the edge of the falls. >> when we first got up to him, the water was literally running completely over his face. i could see his eyes -- he was looking up at me under the water, looking at me. it was surreal. >> i never will forget this as long as i live because his arm was outstretched. he's almost losing the ring. pat reaches under and grabs the only thing that he could, the fingers that are out of the water. and he had him just by the four fingers, and he's

griffith and lillian gish on the ice floe with the christmas eve thing. this is real 19th century me lo drama and it happened to her. -- mellow drama and it happened to her. the illness, this series of things. in that way she's a sympathetic person because she's a survivor. >> first up with phone calls is bill, watching in colorado. hi, bill, you're on. >> thank you for taking my call. i have always thought that florence harding was rather misaligned as a first lady, regardless of the scandals in the administration. i think she was probably very opinionated and yes, i think she was very bossy. but the horrible rumors that came and i'm sure you'll discuss them later, but gaston meens and everything that she poesonned the president and this sort of stuff. i think she was probably in the top 10 of first ladies because of her accomplishments and the amount of firsts she had. thanks again for taking my call and i really appreciate you, susan, and your guests, for the good job they're doing with florence. >> thanks so much. we can't leave the 1920 campaign with

. >> we're just preparing a helicopter pad here on the floe next to the vessel. when we get the call, the chinese will fly the helicopter over land see the engines turning over get the first 16 passengers in. that's the plan. we'll do that four times. >> reporter: right now, passengers are backing up, waiting for that fateful call. >> we must be ready to go as soon as possible, in the meantime, a lot of waiting here. >> reporter: for chris, another experience while he'll always remember this experience. >> my wife and children are here as well. the idea was to show them antarctica in all of its beauty. as a result, they got an amazing expedition experience out of it as well. >> but there are reports this morning that the chinese vessel is now stuck. that means that a helicopter rescue is not possible. which means they have to wait for a u.s. coast guard vessel to reach them. anthony and norah, that will take ten days. >> wow. i had no idea that there were spouses and children on board. >> oh, yeah, they're having a good time. >> wow, ringing in the new year. >>>

. >>> well, right now, in antarctica, a paralyzed vessel is wedged in an ice floe, and the rescue operations encountered a problem, a blizzard. the chinese ice breaking ship says it may take just a little longer to get to that vessel that became stuck on christmas morning. the crew onboard the research expudishz actually tweeted out this picture saying, their savior boat was just in sight. >> morale is remarkably high. we had a great christmas. we have just been unfortunate. incredibly unfortunate. deeply frustrateed not getting out to the open ocean. we just can't break out. a change in wind direction to a more westerly direction, would help enormously. >> that's the leader, by the way, of the expedition. right now, the rescue ship, the ice breaker, is just about 12 miles away. and that may seem close, but the conditions on the harshest place on earth, well, they're always unpredictable. it was actually a decade ago that i traveled all the way to the bottom of the earth, the south pole, cutting through 6 to 8-foot thick sheets of ice. it's fascinating to watch. as you're about to see in pa

. >> the snow dragon ran into an ice floe while trying to reach the expedition.g ships have been sent into help. >> a black bear breaks into a florida family's home looking for leftover turkey, perhaps. the bear broke through the home's porch at 2:00 in the morning. the homeowner left a big vat of fried turkey oil on the porch. >> i guess he thought it was turkey inside of my grill here. he got that a little bit. he gave us a disappointing look and left. >> they were disappointed because this bear caused about a couple hundred dollars worth of damage. >> they got a quote from the bear. the bear said the turkey tasted just right. >> i think it tastes just like chicken. >> you've been hanging around the kids too long. >>> big news overnight. if you're just waking up and you didn't hear this, a bombshell turn of efrnvents from a&e. they allowed phil robertson to be back on "duck dynasty." they say this is one man's views. we had a long meeting with imh, long discussions with groups outraged over his controversial comments regarding african-americans and guy american

all went well until fast floeing ice trapped them. christmas eve the captain sent a distress signal. three ice breakers sent out to help. a french one couldn't get through and an australian one is two days away. he couldn't help thinking of the famous explorer whose ship was crushed 100 years ago leading to the great escape. the long trek by crew across the antarctic. it's lonely out there but there's company and this morning the chinese rescue ship isn't nar and that far away. >> what's that? >> the ice breaker. >> brilliant. >> reporter: they tweeted the chinese ship was finally at heavy going. so it's a race to free the ship before the weather gets bad again. at least there's enough food on board for two weeks. >> good sight with the penguins waddling about. martin fletcher, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> they are in good spirits. >>> by the way, a new blanket at snow in maine is hampering efforts to restore power from last weekend's massive ice storm. it's an uphill fight for crews in michigan as well. nbc's kevin tibbles i