douglas moul son who studied life on the continent a century ago. on christmas eve, just 100 miles with from where they started their ship came to a halt, stuck in ten-foot high ice and they haven t budged since. what s that on the horizon. that its the ice breaker coming to rescue us. brilliant. the crew spotted the first rescue ship from china known as the snow dragon in the distance but their hopes were quickly dashed. the ice breaker only about six nautical miles away from the vessel couldn t get any closer due to the unusually thick ice. a french ice breaker also en route to assist but the mission was called off after it became clear the ship wouldn t get farther than the chinese boat. we re in the highs, but all are well. happy christmas from the aee. still spirits on the boat remain high. crew members and passengers channeling their energies in posts on social media creating video diaries for family members
the mission became clear the ship wouldn t get farther than the chinese boat. we are in the ice. all the well, happy christmas. reporter: still spirits on the boat remain high. crew pebs and passengers channeling their energies in posts on social media, creating video diaries for family members and telling everyone na they re having a great time. it s my birthday today. it could be a better day to have a birthday with my 80-something new friends. we have some singing on the ice, which should be fantastic as well. it s absolutely spectacular here. it s like this magical winter wonder land. reporter: the spirit has been fantastic. it really has. we carefully chose the people we had together we thought would get on well. we weren t suggesting such a severe test of the community spirit. but everyone s kept really good morale. they re keeping their spirits up at least. they say even though the rescue effort ended prematurely today, as soon as the weather clear, they ll be at it ag
route to assist, be you the mission was called off after it became clear the ship wouldn t get farther than the chinese boat. we re into the ice, but all the well. happy christmas from the aae. reporter: still spirit ossen the boat remain high. crew members and passengers channelling their energies in posts on social media creating video diaries for family members and telling everyone that they re having a great time. it s my birthday today. it could be a better day to have a birthday with my 80 something new friends. we will have some singing on the ice, which should be fantastic as well. it is absolutely spectacular here, despite this magical winter wonderland. reporter: well, the latest rescue attempt has been abandoned prematurely. they re not giving up hope. because the australian ice breaker says it is waiting for a break in the weather. it may get another opportunity to try and reach the stranded people. all right. matthew, thank you so much for. that we are joined n
well, the ancient greeks could never have done this. the sochi olympic torch started its first space walk. two cosmonauts carried that torch outside the international space station this morning. it will not burn aboard because lighting it could hurt the crew. it was taken aboard a space shuttle in 1996 but this is the first time it s gone outside a spacecraft. tonight the world s most beautiful women compete for miss jufrs being held in moscow co-hosted by thomas roberts who has been sending video diaries from the russian capital all week. this is my gorgeous and talented co-host. i m messing a lot. you re highly talented. are you. we ve had a really fun morning so far. there s a lot going on. 6. right? beautiful ladies. beautiful women all competing for the title. joining me now is the co-host
again. her husband adam was injured as well, though, not as severely. tonight they are documenting andrin s road to recovery for 360 recording her life on video diaries, allowing us to watch as he takes her first steps on her prosthetic leg. very, very good. take your time. feels really good just to stand upright now. i haven t stood up in a really long time. i almost forgot what it felt like. it reminds me of dancing and i so desperately want that again, and i m so close. it feels really good. later this week on 360, we ll have a full report on andrin s journey to recovery over the last six months and anderson, i know you spent time with her but amazing how she keeps her optimism, despite what she s going through. great to see her up and walking and she wants to start dancing again and i promised i would take dancing lessons with