>> the ice debris is from one of greenland's glaciers. it takes three years for the ocean currents to carry them to the east coast of newfoundland. ed is taking this chunk of iceberg with him. he has to stretch his net around the entire block to harvest it -- not easy on a rocking boat. then he takes the three-ton hunk of ice back to the mother ship, green waters, which hauls it away. the iceberg harvesting season is short -- june and july. in the winter he rents his ship out -- to the university of newfoundland, for example, which researches the white giants. all in all, he earns a good living from it. harvesting icebergs isn't without its risks. nine tenths of their mass lies under the surface of the water, so the largest part of an iceberg isn't visible. that's why ed keeps his big ship at a distance. >> we don't like an unstable piece of ice with what we call legs -- the outcropping when it's melting. a lot of times they can flip over or turn over and cause trouble with your barge. >> from the port, the ice is transported away and sol

in greenland this is to help you visualize this is where the glaciers break off into icebergs if you go up the glare the bending river of eye they and emanate from the flat table sheet there's one on greenland and one or two depending on how you define the anarch can and their two or three miles thick similar to the eye age in north america because of the computer glitch if you look at youtube chasing eye you'll see a great video that shows a eye melting seen in 2008, an area of eye in greenland melted the size of manhattan nonresponsive of the camera in 75 minutes that's an amazing video to watch. >> can you repeat it. >> chasing eye was a the video if you look at youtube you'll find the chasing eye. >> thank you. >> that was for our listening public. >> insure what we see in chasing eye after 3 years of festivity with the nationals science foundation was not in the model models try to project things whether inflation or unemployment their models we're trying to model climate change and model sea level rise. with earthquakes we have hundreds of occur occurrence that can state of cal

they said it has to be greenland celebs try the bering strait. the great irony is they are looking for this open polar sea that didn't exist but the climate oaks are telling us in the next 50 years there will be an open polaris at least during the summertime. maybe they weren't quixotic or crazy. they were just a victim of bad timing.

young naval officer named george washington de long, who had already been famous off the coast of greenland. there is the rich and flamboyant owner of the new york herald, james gordon bennett, who is the guy that sent stanley to africa to find living stone some years earlier. based on information that hampton was able to piece together from a range of sources, including official documents and private correspondence and memoirs as well. the book sounded opposite of frozen with storytelling magic, declared the boston globe. a first-rate adventure narrative, says "the new york times" and a splendid book in every way according to "the wall street journal." ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming hampton sides. [applause] >> hello. it is so great to be back in washington dc, one of my hometowns. one of the places i learned to ride and a lot of other places around town learning how to write these stories and also i wanted to have a sense of adventure and ended up in santa fe, new mexico where outside magazine is based and i cut my teeth on adventure narratives. and i'm going to talk ab

navy graduate of naval academy someone who was to greenland and had fallen in love with the arctic and decided he wanted to be the first one to reach the north pole. and also captivated with the other scientific ideas swirling around at that time. so bennett pushing it -- purchases the ship bin renames it uss jeanette and george washington delong and his wife sale the ship from france around the horn to san francisco 1878 and began to work on the ship and discussing it including edison's light not quite ready for prime time that brought on board like alexander graham bell telegraph equipment listed fdr library they knew they were going into the great unknown to be at least two or three years if not more and to this is the gilded age people wanted to live well as well as they possibly could. and edisons life as we learned later he did get the hang of it but unfortunately life on the uss jeanette did not cooperate. they left from san francisco to a thousand people were gathered there to go off on the voyage everybody knew about uss jeanette although paid for by the eccentric millionaire

slowly melts until all of a sudden, suddenly, it starts to melt faster and faster and greenland suddenly collapses. these are tipping points. many of them are unknown in the earth system because we don't the details of how everything works well enough to predict exactly where those thresholds are exactly where the tipping points might occur. and yet we know they're there, and we worry that more and more human activities over this next century are gonna lead us to irreversible consequences. there are so many different ways that humans affect the earth system but climate change has the possibility of being the grand finale, the one overarching environmental change that affects all the other components. holdren: so, you think about what climate change could mean why does it matter? it matters because climate governs the productivity of farms and forests and fisheries. climate governs the prevalence of oppressive heat and humidity and thus the livability of our great cities in the summer. climate governs the geography of disease -- what pathogens and disease vectors can live in what abundanc

in greenland waiting to capture this hunter, he knew things could go wrong. >> he had lost all his bullets. we were on the ice, far away, and with no bullets, and we had to fight back the weather, and the ice was cracking. >> this exhibition is special to rats, being in a small space he had to choose the images carefully. these are favourites. >> iceland said rags helped to shine a spotlight on a beautiful country. >> it's amazing. he's one of the best photographers. he has been for, like, three decades. >> brays that is difficult to take. his work is seen as a blessing or a duty. >> iceland is something like you have a knows on your face, but you don't see it. you see it more in other countries. it's changing in front of me. a daunting prospect for a man connected to a region as he watches it slowly melt away. and you can keep up to date with all the news by heading to aljazeera.com.

. >> in greenland, waiting to capture this hunter, he knew things could go long.had lost all the bullets. we were on the ice, far away, and no bullets. and we had to fight back the weather and the ice was cracking. >> the ex exhibition was special. these are his favourites. he had to choose. >> iceland says rex shone a spotlight. >> i think it's great. >> he's one of the best photographers. he's been there for three decades. prays that is difficult for rex to take, as he sees his work as a pressing and a duty. in the case of climate change abroad and at home. >> iceland is something like you have a nose on your face, but you don't see it. it's changing in front of me. a daunting prospect for a man connected to the region, as he watches and captures it melting away. >>> and if you want to keep up to date with all the news stories, head to aljazeera.com. >>>. >>> hello. i am richard ginsburg. you are at "the listening post" pakistan democracy put to the test. losers by default. argentina, vulture funds and the fight for the narrative. a media tycoon investigated for

. >> basically, we need from greenland, and you follow the through alaska, and finally you end up inussia, but it is really exciting, really adventurous, and very few people in the world have ever done it. >> the great migration safari includes not only the chance to gaze upon some of the worlds most exotic animals but also to do it in a particular style. i wonder if you could describe what someone who signs up for the great migration safari would experience. >> well, what they are going to see is immediately about one point read million wildebeest. that is million. 600,000 zebra. we actually have this wonderful abercrombie and kent luxury cap, which has everything in it. there are cabins with everything inside it. there are land cruisers, and you ,ee lions, leopards, cheetah and it is actually the worlds most famous, famous trip to do, and you have to see these animals in your lifetime. >> now, one of the places a lot of people want to see, it is the galapagos. you have a lot of experience taking people there. explain how abercrombie and kent makes that happen. >> i have been there,

two big closures there from forced to park place the next on park place from greenland to woodside. this will last through the end of the month. it will cause some detours for people in that area. belgian-o'hare big mess near o'hare when volume is really like not causing any problems that the on ramp does remain closed through september 10th. getting close to seeing this wrapped up and in the meantime it's a doozy for people getting out by the airport. the numbers look good so far. it will break it and with a full traffic hit coming up. >>police officers are gathering right now in the south suburbs to provide an escort for a merrillville officer who was killed in the line of duty. he died at crest medical center after a hot shot in the head. this happened saturday. users money to a call and a condo complex when someone said an evicted reza was trying to come back in. he exchanged shots with officers before killing himself. the procession will go from the hospital to the cook county medical examiner's office. it will begin around 430 a m. tonya will have to live report coming up. >>

in greenland, waiting to capture this hunter mid view, he knew things could go wrong. >> he lost his bullets from his pockets. we were there on the ice with three polar bears. we had to fight back the weather, the ice was cracking. >> reporter: this exhibition is special to rax. being in a small space he had to choose the images carefully. these, he says, are his favourites. icelanders say rax has helped to shine a spotlight on the nordic country. >> it's great. the beautiful pictures and composition are amazing. he's one of the best photographers. and has been. >> reporter: praise that is difficult to take, as he sees his work as a blessing and a duty in the face of climate change abroad and at home. >> iceland is you have a nose on your face, but you don't see it. i see it more in other countries than here. it is changing in front of me. >> reporter: a daunting prospect for a man connected to the region, as he watches and captures it melting away. >> still a fantastic view. that is it for us on "america tonight". remember if you would like to comment on the stories you have seen, l

and if denmark relinquishes its control of greenland, the vast region could soon have the cash to beendent. leaders of countries around the world with separatist movements are now worried enough to weigh-in. india's foreign minister explains, god forbid when asked about scottish independence, canada's prime minister said he backs the united united kingdom. and spain's prime minister last year warned if scotland leaves the u.k. it would remain outside the european union. the scottish referendum is being watched by independent movements across the world, putting established power under pressure the repercussions of a yes vote would be momentous for scotland and beyond. max foster, cnn. >>> if you're still trying to get up to speed on the scottish referendum, you can find more information on our website and what to expect come thursday, when this vote takes place. find all of that at cnn.com. >>> let's get you caught up on some other major stories we're following for you now. after months of bloody battles in eastern ukraine, lawmakers approved a plan that would give special status to r

vast inaccessible regions of the force --- the frozen northland, -- construction of the base in greenlandegun 18 months ago. it is ready and working. the northernmost outpost of our jet fighter defense and an obvious staging ground for intercontinental bombers. and airborne task force prepares the way for an army of construction workers. the weather, and operation blue jay performed a miracle of engineering, killed miles of runways and barracks and warehoueses. its importance is best understood by looking at the map. it could lay a vital role in deterring aggression. -- play a >> on august 14, 1995, japan surrendered to the allies. that day which came to be known as victory over japan day marked the end of world war ii. next on american history tv, a ceremony commemorating v.j. day from the national world war ii memorial in washington, d.c. george prescot bush, grandson of president h.w. bush, marks the day 70 years ago when his grandfather was shot down over the pacific while serving as a fighter pilot in the u.s. navy. the national parks service and friends of

in greenland, waiting to catch this hunter mid kill, rex knew things could quickly go wrong. >> he hadost all his bullets from the pockets, we were there on the ice, far away and with no bullets and three polar bears around. we had to fight back while the ice was cracking. >> this exhibition is particularly special to revel, being in a small space, he had to choose all the images carefully. these he says, are his favorites. >> rex has helped shine a spotlight on the nordic country. >> i think it's great, the composition of the pictures are amazing. >> he's one of our best photographers and he's been for like three decades. >> praise that's difficult for rex as he sees his work as a blessing and duty in the face of climate change abroad and at home. >> iceland is kind of something like you have a nose on your face, but you don't see it, unless you look in the mirror. i see it more in other countries that is here, and it's changing in front of me. >> a daunting prospect for a man deeply committed to this region, as he watches and captures, it's slowly melting away. aljazeera. >> ice land

my scientific colleagues go to places like greenland, the arctic, they go to antarctica and they drill into the ice with hollow drill bits. it's not that extraordinary. many of you probably done it yourself to drill things to put locks in doors, for example. would pull out long cylinders of ice. long ice routes. these are made of snow. by long tradition it is called snow ice. snow ice forms in the winter as snowflakes are crushed together, trapping bubbles. the bubbles must needs be ancient atmosphere. there is nobody running with hypodermic needles squirting ancient atmosphere into the bubbles. we find certain of these cylinders to have 680,000 layers. 680,000 winter-summer cycles. how could it be that just 4000 years ago all of this ice formed? let's run some numbers. these are some scenes from the antarctic. let's say we have 680,000 players -- layers of snow ice and 4000 years since the great flood. we need 170 winter summer cycles every year for the last 4000 years. wouldn't someone have noticed that? wow. wouldn't someone have noticed there's been winter and summer 170 times one

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