monitoring this work and naturally we to monitor the situation to see we are we are today in the arctic. ocean there are two projects have been planned for this year. one project is work in progress it's under way we're studying the migration path santa habitats off polar bears. this project is underway and we expect it to continue. in the next you might know that we had a major expedition to. which was led by the chairman of the board by the way. pollution managed to achieve a lawyer for this work will be continued this year we would like to send it begin a comprehensive expedition and i think that pretty soon possibly sometime in april we'll start screening candidates. students for russia's meteor universities to take part in the expedition to the new siberian islands it's a site for an incredibly interesting research in many different fields. that you cooperate closely with environmentalists you mentioned earlier that the work of protecting the environment is on your priority list if the environmentalists have raised in the lawn now seats a lot in the news about the future plans of b.p. and

would allow us to travel along the age of three parts of the world thus making a circle around the arctic ocean. and we decided to use ultra low pressure timers. as you can see on the screen. it is a very interesting invention. the tires look like slick there is no tread pattern as you can see that all the chains of the time is no those are not chains those are belts that keep the tire from going off the rim which you see when pressure is high the tire can go off the rim but when there is practically no pressure perhaps just ten percent or even less it can come off during a turn that is the only purpose of those belts. pressure makes the tires elastic which gives the car's a very good traction can this expedition be regarded as a second never a geisha well bill does an expedition have to be closer to the equator to be considered around the world trip technically an expedition has to cross the equator at least twice to be a circle navigation expedition that is limited to one of the hemispheres the northern one or the southern one is not a circle navigation so we're stretching it a bit when we sa

. >> water flowing into the arctic ocean is the warmest that it has been in 2,000 years. research is say the findings are bad news for the planet and polar bears who need sea ice for survive the they also say sea ice cools the planet by reflecting sun light back to space. as more ice disappears, temperatures go up. the research shows the arctic could become ice free during the summers within the next several decades, if the current trends continue. that is something none of us want to see. so much would be lost. >> chief meteorologist joins us now. what? during the weekend, rainy, and during the week beautiful our trend? >> it is right now. i know a lot of you, wish could flip it on you. not the way it played out this past weekend. temperatures dropping down into the 50s. also anywhere from a quarter inch, right abound liver more to 3/4 inch in walnut creek. berkeley as well. so, quite a -- pretty quick blast here of some wintry weather this past weekend. mean while, low to mid 50s for the east bay. and the south bay, temperatures right up into the north bay in the mid 50

alaska has 2,000 miles of arctic ocean coast line. e seeing a global shift from onshore exploration offshore and arctic drilling. our storehouse has a lock on it. as i mentioned, exploration and air permits languished at interior and the epa gathering dust. energy companies must consider many regions for investing capital. they will not wait on u.s. policy. they are exploring the western siberian basin, the east greenland rift basin, no. greenland, north of norway, russia, and canada. only america's arctic is left out. we are an arctic nation. our entire puller neighborhood is being explored at this juncture, everywhere but america's arctic. if the department of interior and epa continue the policy of not repeating -- permitting exploration, what is the result? the other arctic nations are moving ahead without us. even china had a ship in the arctic ocean exploring possibilities. only the united states, is sitting on the largest untapped ablenically recovered resource, is sitting this one out. in conclusion, every aspect of america's r

and we have in fact had a little over 680 leases in the arctic ocean. oil that we need being held up by bureaucrats. we will do this safely. the air will be clean. they're 80 miles from any human other than those that work on these ships. and if you believe it's right to buy this oil from overseas, shame on you. again, we are spending close to 40 billion this year or more buying foreign oil, 72% of our oil is coming from overseas. the right thing to do is allow us to explore and find out if that oil is there and if it is, to develop it. remember, we're not the only ones in the arctic anymore. iceland, greenland, china, russia are all drilling. we're the only ones not involved and yet we have the best equipment, the best environmental records in the arctic. we have the proper equipment to do it safely. it's being held up by bureaucrats that don't want to issue the permits. e.p.a. said it's all right but the review board says no, it's not. within the agency itself. all this says is it they have the permit issued, then it should go forth and let's get on t

out of the ocean entirely in game systems, but really a lot of it is about choosing the right species to farm. another tissue that's similar to the -- fish that's similar to the salmon is arctic char. they're arctic, they live in environments that freeze nearly solid, so they're used to crowding close together and they have of high disease resistance. so you can grow them outside of the ocean in these close containment facilities where there's no threat to the wild population. it's generally a better farm fish. if you're looking for a salmon-like fish to eat, a char is a better fish. >> thank you very much for your time. >> now, genevieve de galard recounts her time as a flight nurse for the french air force and the aid she provided for many who were wounded during a battle in vietnam. she discusses her book at the an usual association of the u.s. army meeting. the program is about an hour. >> i've got to begin in washington after so many years. the first time it was in 1954 when president eisenhower gave me the medal of liberty and honored those of the battle of dien bien phu i who gave their life to save vietnam from the the communists. when i was asked, i could not refuse,

arctic air mass. you heard me mention polar air before. that's about a polar air mass. it's coming off the continent. the continent is much colder than the oceanthe continent gets colder than freezing. a very cold unusual air mass is coming our way. saturday morning could be one of those mornings where we see snow on twin peaks in san francisco. but mind that twin peaks is almost 1,000 feet. it's 900 feet or above 900 feet. it'll be interesting but we'll watch it. the rain starts thursday for the afternoon commute. low snow levels as i mentioned, we'll see snow in all the bay area peaks. the best bet if you want to see snow on saturday morning is going to be in these inland bay valleys. like san ramon, out toward walnut creek. any area that doesn't have access to the warner relatively warmer bay or ocean. i wanted you to see the inland valley and how it starts to intrude snow and ice south. 7:00a.m. thursday, thursday night and then we're going to go right into friday. you see the mountain going off and you see snow throughout the bay area as we head into friday. the five day forecast, an unusual one. you bet, we will probably see record lows

arctic air mass. you heard me mention polar air before. that's about a polar air mass. it's coming off the continent. the continent is much colder than the ocean. the continent gets colder than freezing. a very cold unusual air mass is coming our way. saturday morning could be one of those mornings where we see snow on twin peaks in san francisco. but mind that twin peaks is almost 1,000 feet. it's 900 feet or above 900 feet. it'll be interesting but we'll watch it. the rain starts thursday for the afternoon commute. low snow levels as i mentioned, we'll see snow in all the bay area peaks. the best bet if you want to see snow on saturday morning is going to be in these inland bay valleys. like san ramon, out toward walnut creek. any area that doesn't have access to the warner relatively warmer bay or ocean. i wanted you to see the inland valley and how it starts to intrude snow and ice south. 7:00a.m. thursday, thursday night and then we're going to go right into friday. you see the mountain going off and you see snow throughout the bay area as we head into friday. the five day forecast, an unusual one. you bet, we will probably see record low

a been china had a ship in the arctic ocean exploring possibilities. only the united states, which is sitting on the largest technically recoverable arctic resources and has the greatest environmental oversight is sitting this one out. in conclusion, every aspect of america's recovery depends on affordable energy. there is a limit to what we can know and of that to what we do not know. we do know that more domestic oil production, not less, better secures our nation and grows our jobs at home. we do know that more private sector work generated year as a positive multiplier effect on the economy as capital dollars and wages circulate at home rather than being sent overseas to pay for foreign oil. we also know that our national security is at stake. alaska is one of america's storehouses of petroleum and other natural resources. these resources will be left in the ground that the federal government's's policy continues. that federal policy means greater in gasoline prices at the pop for every american. it means more costly goods at the supermarket. it mea