evacuated from a vacation at the south pole because doctors say he was dangerously ill. he's in a hospital in new zealand. he apparently has fluonid his lungs. doctors say he wasn't responding well to antibiotics. it's a physically-demanding trip. you have to climatize before climbing around. you can walk around the whole earth in a few steps. hopefully he can recover and go back. a blast of cold air and snow for parts of the northeast this weekend. let's bring in eric van dam. >> this is what you get when you have cold arctic blast of air overriding some of the relatively warm waters of lake ontario, lake erie and lake michigan. we have snowshowers in the forecast. buffalo, erie, syracuse.