but we are going to see some nar wa -- narwhals.rter: a budding photographer. on a mission. >> if we can get the narwhals shooting up their big long ivory tusk that is the pinnacle moment of seeing a narwhal. >> you are going to hear what is happening. >> reporter: before you see them, you can often hear them. which is why these headphones attached to a nifty underwater microphone come in handy. this cacophony of sound right here might as well be trumpeters announcing their presence. >> in the open water. >> reporter: and then it happens. the rare moment we have come all this way for. >> the ice over there. >> reporter: when we come back, a close encounter with the mythical creatures and the close brush with 1,000 feet of open sea. oh! and the unexpected crack in the ice threatens to leave us stranded. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practicall

he went up to mount rushmore and he was a man concerned about having his head turned by awe power. he thought ifferppt, am i becoming a nars isist. plush didn't become that and he always thinks about humility. he tried very, very hard, not to turnabout me. d he writes about that and there he was at mount rushmore, big meds of giant presidents and think he was gross out about it. >> he doesn't want to be remembered by it and he stepped back and you can see in some footage at mount rushmore when there was going to tike the some step and he said i'm going to draw back. it was a very moral position not to run. summer of 1927. >> there are stories about how raceful was informed about her his decision not to run. how much did she know in advance? >> she didn't know in advance. i found the letters answer she said i'm getting and i'm going to be on the train. she didn't know about it and she hinted around like treat me like everybody else. however, when he amounsed that day, she acted as if she didn't know. it was once again, i have to stay out of this public policy, i don't want to comment. >> we have one more video as our progra

was calling in sick today. >> as thrilled as snow lover are, they are even more pumped knowing more snow is on the way. >> oh, it's nice. i'm cutting the rails. it's nice. shredding the nar. . >> the snow machines are also running 24/7. while snow lovers are hoping to see those marshmallow piles of snow and the trees, the only marshmallows i want to see right now are marshmallows and a cup of hot cocoa. it is 16 degrees. >> whoa. got to warm up by catching some runs tonight. of. >> we may just have to do that. >> very good. jody hernandez there. i understood about half of her story with the lingo. >> oh, the guy? yeah. all we need is to be 20 years younger. >> nice to see jody out there. >> i'm out of the loop on that one, too. physical no heavy snow happening there. a lot of that is happening from the snow making machines they have going across lake tahoe. i want to take you to our biggest concern. the freeze warning from north bay all the way down to the southbound, the temperatures will be dropping from the 25 to the 36. >>. >> you'll likely stay in the upper 40s. let's get you into our 246-hour forecast. you'll see for the south bay, low 30s to start. 49 degrees by t

nar? >> we were there a lot. and we told them it was fantastic.ople on their facebook page have expressed their displeasure in the lack of real tradition in having a real tree in the middle of silver springs, maryland. i think it's fantastic. this is for charity. it's original. it looks like art. >> so they're against giving toys to needy kids? is that their position? that's a bold position, guys. >> taking that jump. >> screw those kids. >> you shave the face and you get mean. >> am i wrong? >> when you had the mustache and looked like evil willie you were calm. >> now i have to overcome the boyish face. >> it's the dark side of willie. >> you're right. >> thank you. >> dark natalie and evil willie. >> good team. >> a lot of people asking this question because of a new study. is chivalry dead? the new study finds men are unlikely to offer women seats or help with bags not because they're not good guys but they don't want to offend women. they're worried of being patronizing to women? >> do you? >> i've never had a woman say how dare you? >> there

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 is covering this for us in east lansing this morning. what's the situation there? >> well, hey, savannah. it's warmed up to 30 degrees here in beautiful east lancing this morning. but for more than 100,000 people like those that live in this house behind me here that had a tree covered in ice come down through it, it's mighty cold comfort. with temperatures in the 30s, cold air and the threat of snow, many fami