these are not the dunes of the zahara in fact they're found be on the arctic circle in the permafrost of russia's north how did this place come to be deserted. an airplane passes the low lying clouds and begins to descend inside its baggage laden cabin passengers are patiently waiting to land exhausted from turbulence everyone on board knows that flying to the village of showing a is always risky the white sea coast is infamous for its volatile weather which can change drastically within minutes if a strong crossed wind picks up will be impossible to set down the airplane will have to turn back home and attempt to return journey in a week's time weather permitting. when the pilot sees the green patchwork of the arctic plains give way to yellow swathes of sand he knows that he has arrived at the world's northernmost desert every incoming airplane is an event for the village on wednesdays local residents gather at the airfield some travel by foot others drive customized all terrain vehicles that are the only machines capable traversing both the sams am marshall is. the village of showin

a tiny settlement in the arctic circle where local residents have been fighting a losing battle against sand for over fifty years you're watching. on his way to work every day. the homes of his neighbors. and the. time ago. but used to be here. there were three other homes next to it. was here. i remember it was. yes that's my house there. it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sand drift the wind usually brings much more than covers the house up to its roof sometimes the windows are blocked off and there's no use trying to clear the side of the house you would need a bulldozer but you can't get one close enough because that would make the house collapse. these are not the dunes of the zahara in fact they're found be on the arctic circle in the permafrost of russia's north how did this place come to the desert. an airplane passes the low lying clouds and begins to descend inside its baggage laden cabin passengers of patiently waiting to land exhausted from turbulence everyone on board knows that flying to the village of showing a is always risky the white sea co

we talked about yesterday, look at it push that next system so far north it is going into the arctic circleressure settlements into the great basin this -- pressure settles into the great basin this afternoon. monday and tuesday we have extra clouds and a chance of rain and cooler weather. want to show you a beautiful picture of some of the clouds earlier this week. some fog from the berkeley hills submitted by annie, thank you for that. if you have video, photos or knowledge like the rattlesnake they used in tucson today, send it to us. freddie the rattlesnake in tucson, good for him. >> a lot of rodents. bay bridge toll looking from emeryville you can see traffic backed up to almost the west grand avenue over crossing still a 10 minute wait metering lights on. the south bay looks foggy, north 101 for headlights slowing before you get to 880, 880 is still fine highway 87 recovered from an earlier fire. mass transit something to consider this morning, so far bart, cal train, ace and muni no major delays. major delay developing in fairfield i'll show you that with a traffic map. we told you

you can see the jet stream well up into the arctic circle cooling trend going to head east of oust thext couple of days. high pressure developing over nava winds blow to the ocean chasing the clouds out to the ocean that's why it is going to be -- going to be so mild. mid 60s in the south bay, 64 san jose and santa clara low to mid 60s peninsula, pacifica 58, upper 50s daly city and sunset near 60 downtown and south san francisco upper 50s to near 60 bodega bay. santa rosa and ukiah could such 67°. low to mid 60s up and down the eastern seaboard. east bay valleys mid 60s. low to mid 60s around the monterey bay mid to upper 60s inland. tomorrow, saturday and sunday a lot of sunshine, temperatures hanging around the low to mid 60s warmest probably sunday where we could touch 70 in a few areas hard to stay in and watch the game happens chance of rain monday and tuesday dry again wednesday. have a great day. >>> good morning. looking good on bay area freeways traffic still light, live shot of the golden gate bridge, further north 101 in san rafael headlights moving southbound this is the l

it isn't i lint off the north of alaska above the arctic circle son now awaiting for my staff to send me another message from santa's elves from the intelligence chief of the free republic of the arctic saying etak is expecting you. so i turned to a bad penny and said see if we can get a plane with skis on the ice he is a legendary whale hunter of the north slope of alaska and he does not waste his time. i landed. he says they are tagging bloggers. so i contact department. they say it is in danger species to track them. no. eric tagging them two move them. okay. acquire the moving them? it is what is under the bears. oil. wait. we're at the arctic national wildlife district even george the driller bush could not get into that and furthermore etauk nobody will draw on the ice sheet as it keeps coming in every winter. it washes away the rigs and he said mr. palast, the icecap is permanently receding. those who are melting the caps our profiting from it. those who start the fire make the money from the fire sale. they want to the oil that is being exposed. i said they cannot do it with t

we had spectacular northern lights up around the arctic circle the last month or so. is going to be a lecture at the national museum of american indian at smithsonian. all about the northern lights. it will be showing fantastic videos and doing a lot of explaining about how it happens and interaction between the sun and upper atmosphere at 6:45 to 8:30 tonight. get ticket information there resident associates.org. >>> the temperatures are now climbing. we are into the 50s in west virginia. shenandoah valley in from the blue ridge to the bay. low to mid 50s now. and all across our region we have quite a bit of shine. over the last couple of hours, we have had clouds that are now exiting off to the east, showing all clear to our west. lots of sun there. farther west, these little patches of green, areas of light rain that are falling in ohio. this area of green stretches into kentucky. this area of red, that's one shower, maybe a little bit of thunder with it. that will be passing well to our south. this is a weak disturbance. it is going to be coming in later this even

they want to save a family of majestic gray whales that are trapped by rapidly forming ice in the arctic circletive focus. >> i seem to have lost three whales around here. anybody see them? anybody? let's take a look at these critters. hello down there. anybody home? >> oh, good to see sam malone. >> so the review from e! online gave it a c-plus. rotten tomato giving it a 66% favorable level. they say the romance on screen between drew barrymore and john krasinski a little forced and that the acting just mediocre. >> drew barrymore didn't knock them d >>> this morning on "world news now" -- fast food secret. the federal investigation into a salmonella outbreak linked to taco bell restaurants that made dozens of people sick. >> the investigation has been going on for months now while the public never actually knew which restaurant was really involved. it's friday february 3rd. >>> good friday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. hope we can give you a jump start to your weekend. >> yes. the weekend is here. good feeling. and i'm rob nelson. good morning again, everybody. the salmonella outbreak w

michelle kosinski is in tromso, norway, inside the arctic circle.morning. >> reporter: hey, carl. norway has had a mild winter, but a jaw-dropping aurora borealis. this is one of the best spots on the planet to see it. nasa predicted that this winter would be some of the most intense northern lights in half a century. it all depends on the activity of the sun which is on a 12-year cycle. right about now is the peak of it. our trusty sun might look the same, but the headlines it's been generating, geomagnetic storm to hit earth -- not so comforting. unlike our brand of storm, when a sun storm slams the atmosphere at 5 million miles an hour, just last month, we get this. the majestic aurora announcing itself through twinkling curtains over the upper and lower latitudes. some of the most awesome in the true and most popular sense displayed in decades. bright green, pinks, sweeps and stripes. glowing rings. some of the coolest images have come from space. the violence of a sun burst settling into a glowing crown atop our planet. to see it in person -- >

they want to save a family of majestic gray whales that are trapped by rapidly forming ice in the arctic circleanybody? let's take a look at these critters. hello down there. anybody home? >> oh, good to see sam malone. >> so the review from e! online gave it a c-plus. rotten tomato giving it a 66% favorable level. they say the romance on screen between drew barrymore and john krasinski a little forced and that the acting just mediocre. >> drew barrymore didn't knock them dead? i'm surprised. >> you need to be in it. the acting would be so good. >> have you seen our new promo? we're so good. more from abc next. d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d

. >> now you're getting close to the arctic circle. what's going through your mind?hen are we going to reach the blankety blank hole and he turns to me and he says barbara, you're standing on the top of the world. what a feeling! >> these days, as she waits for her next great adventure, she travels around the nation speaking to colleges and universities. and likes to take time to visit the old neighborhood. >> when i come to harlem, i'm overwhelmed emotionally at times. i stand back and it's emotionally sharing experience to come back. >> what about the food here at sylvia's, bringing back any memories for you? >> they call it soul food for a reason. there's few pleasures in the world. food and sex, what else is there? >> what do you want people to take from your story? >> i would like people of color to know that you don't have to be stereotyped. there's more to us, with all due respect to people who play football and baseball. but we can also do other things if you want to. >> since that trip, barbara hillary has become the first african-american woman to stand on