the chilly breath of the arctic ocean keeps the water freezing cold. near the coast however the high winds and bitter cold recede. that even in winter also can be seen through holes in the ice. board squeals and cracking sounds can often be good around them. this is how so cold canaries of the sea communicate. typically they hide under the ice the white sea is the natural habitat. far from the civilized world in the north of russia on the coast of the white sea sea canaries of communicating with people with great pleasure in the open waters. of a q and they're behaving strangely today. sure why you had a canary why did you feel like giving us a song or it was something wrong with your throat. before you start singing business. of water your best big on is sure was. and was a little let's give our throat some fish oil. bath now let's try to get off. sailors have dubbed baluga whales canaries because of the peculiar sounds they make . my three want to bring us to ring. skin color distinguishes these marine mammals from their relatives. blue good carbs ar

the submarine was docked for repairs in a port off the arctic ocean. investigators believe wooden scaffolding caught fire, sending smoke plumes into the air. the flames engulfed the submarine's outer hull. workers fought for more than seven hours to put them out. ministry spokesperson says the vessel was not armed and its reactor shut down. the submarine has been docked since early december for regular maintenance. it test-fired ballistic missiles in april and july. >>> turkey's government says its military may have mistakenly killed 35 civilians in an operation targeting kurdish militants. the bombing was carried out thursday night through friday morning in a mountainous area with the border with iraq. the military said it targeted members of an armed kurdish group based in northern iraq who were trying to enter turkey. a local mayor denounced the operation saying the victims were residents in their teens and 20s who had no link to the armed group. the turkish government later held a news conference. it said the victims were likely local residents who

the submarine was docked for repairs in a port off the arctic ocean. investigators believe wooden scaffolding caught fire, sending smoke plumes into the air. the flames engulfed the submarine's outer hull. workers fought for more than seven hours to put them out. ministry spokesperson says the vessel was not armed and its reactor shut down. the submarine has been docked since early december for regular maintenance. it test-fired ballistic missiles in april and july. >>> turkey's government says its military may have mistakenly killed 35 civilians in an operation targeting kurdish militants. the bombing was carried out thursday night through friday morning in a mountainous area with the border with iraq. the military said it targeted members of an armed kurdish group based in northern iraq who were trying to enter turkey. a local mayor denounced the operation saying the victims were residents in their teens and 20s who had no link to the armed group. the turkish government later held a news conference. it said the victims were likely local residents who

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the chilly breath of the arctic ocean keeps the water freezing cold. near the coast however the high winds and bitter cold recede. that even in winter also can be seen through holes in the ice. cold squeals and cracking sounds can often be heard around the many things. this is how so-called canaries of the sea communicate. and typically they hide under the ice and the white sea is the natural habitat.

energy future and would move ahead with plans to tap estimated 27 billion-barrels of oil in the arctic oceant five years and $4 billion in the process of clearing all the hurdles, shell still doesn't have all the permits it needs or clear road map for getting them. >> we are not disputing the high standards we're asked to work with. what is concerning to us is the fact there is not real certainty on how the processes will be met. >> the environmental protection agency has come under fire from the conservatives for rejecting the shell air permit. despite the fact the closest village to any drilling is 70 miles away and has 245 people. the agency appeals board is made up of registered democrat and includes a former activis activist. every justice has a second challenge in front of the appeals board. alaska lone congressman is irate. >> the state has a right under the constitution to develop a resource and right to deliver the resources. i would like to tell them to tell the epa and appeals court to suck an egg. >> epa is not the only one holding up the big drilling. shell still needs approval

where firefighters had to scramble for hours after that fire broke out at a shipyard along the arctic ocean. and abc's kelly cobiella has been following this story all night long. she joins us live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. we're told this morning that some crew members did stay onboard that sub. the russian government said they're technicians and they're not in any danger. this was an enormous fire and incredibly stubborn, as well. they're using tugboats, helicopters, cranes to put it out. the wooden scaffolding around it caught fire last night. the sub's nuclear reactor was shut down at the time. no missiles onboard. no sign of any radiation leaks so far. and this morning, they partially sank that sub to douse the flames. it appears to have worked at this hour. but the obvious concern, dan, is for those crew members. >> kelly, thank you. >>> if you thought the new, untested leader of north korea might be a breath of fresh air, this morning, a harsh dose of reality. the regime sent this somewhat hypercaffeinated news anchor to shout out a rather bellige

flames broke out last night on the sub menino in a naval shipyard off the arctic ocean. it believed wooden scaffolding caught fire during the welding repairs. the dock has several nuclear reactors. but russian officials say the fire did not pose any risk to those reactors. nine people were hurt during the firefight. >>> in turkey funerals this morning for the 35 civilians killed in a botched military airstrike. the turkish military says it accidentally killed the civilians on wednesday after mistaking them from kurdish rebels from iraq. many of the victims are said to be from the same family. the turkish foreign minister says an investigation is underway. >>> and a psych is blowing through southeastern india. heavy rains and winds continuing to pound the region at least 11 people are dead. winds reaching 85 miles per hour have also uprooted trees, damaged homes, and disrupted transit services, including trains and airplanes. >>> homeland security has set much a hotline for people jailed on immigration charges. that toll-free number will be staffed 24 hours a day and offe

we're pushing that arctic gear back north and bringing this mild oceanic air across the country. is something we didn't do in the last four winters which is one reason why this has been so different. look at the line right here. the north that it is 9 above in thunder bay and 34 in minneapolis. duluth has had 9 in. of snow so far. that trend is being repeated through not only our area but the upper midwest. one-tenth of an inch is the average snow cover across the midwest. we had over 50 percent under snow one year ago. 17 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago here in chicago. when you make that transition back into the pacific air you're going to make another transition back into arctic air sunday and monday which will be equally dramatic. that is the hallmark of one you winters. la nina winters. humidity is 60 percent right now. winds are all over 30 mi. per hour. temperatures are 44 at a minute ago. this is 18 consecutive days now we have had above normal temperatures this month. it starts a little dicey and damp and harvard but clears out. that is our beautiful skyline. i wanted t

because of the wind because weather and the ocean not to mention i renew island over there these lands are amazing. meanwhile sixty kilometers south of the arctic tundra lies a totally different landscape but the body since there is or is it behind these technical installations. we always have to unlock the gate before answering it but get around that now we'll open it like this. there's a boy there is there is territories under lock and key and as you can see the gate is quite massive now we can go in this way please when the reserve was being created in one thousand nine hundred two most of the military installations built soon after world war two and become obsolete or fallen into decay what was once a border guard tower was renovated and handed over to the reserve now on the phone or just use the former military installation for scientific purposes if you're going with her she told first of untasted view of the plans rebore the entire reserve and the marshes we've. reserved visitors and tourists are welcome to see all that and take pictures most of the reserve territory is covered with marshes there are ideal for bird rookeries in spring an

ocean temperatures. we had the cold air pouring down south from the arctic, it's unusual, it happens every few years, and two other things. one is the back drop of a long- term trend of climate change and then finally people are simply living in places that are less and less defensible. so people living in canyons, people living on the edge of rivers, you know, far out on the coast, these are places that, you know, historically have been inundated by storms and such. >> and that's one of the things that, i mean, obviously, these events have been catastrophic when you talk about billions and billions of dollars but one of the reasons for the high dollar figures is that irene, for example, moved along most of the east coast where you have heavily populated areas so that's part of the equation as well, correct? irene was a big, fat, wide storm and we got the path pretty correct on that one. the intensity was different but the effects of it was dumping a lot of water down on an area that was already saturated with water. you didn't get a salt water intrusion, you got a fresh water intrusion so rivers started