it seems every year during this short, summer season down there, november to february something goes wrong. in 2007 we actually watched the very first antarctic tourist ship sink, it hit ice. when we arrived all of the passengers were in life rafts. martha: this video is so incredible. talk to me about what they do on the ship to try to help the ship make it through the seas. you've got to maintain control of the ship but you also want to cut the engines, which it sounds like they did. >> apparently what happened yesterday is that the engine slowed for whatever reason, they got somehow turned into the seas, the 30-foot waves came over the ships, broke out the windows in the bridge on the starboard side and took out a lot of their communication devices. not only were they bobbing in the sea not making much forward headway, they couldn't communicate with anyone. the only people they were able to communicate with is a passing