Based in the worlds coldest region. Right at the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice. In 1911 the norwegian Roald Amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. In 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use the beach and only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. Today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the world we wanted to know what its like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed there starting at the airport close to the russian polaris the. Station. Sky i. Approach in antarctica from the air. On board this aircraft are scientists from 10 different countries. Will be spending the polar summer doing their research here. This year the team from bellaver is especially large. Billow says were a big program for science and religion course more and. Do
My board is taking action to make sure america has the equipment needed to fight the Global Pandemic. Beijing hits back after President Trump questions the accuracy of chinas coronavirus data their numbers seem to be a little on the light side im being nice when i say that, relative to what we witnesses and what is being reported Cruise Companies forced to issue stock at 8 a share and raise debt with a staggeringly high coupon. Very warm welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on Market Action it has been a choppy session for market equities. All four of the Major Regions are seeing gains we saw the dax lower and the ftse 100 before rebounding now we have seen an uptick we have seen on both sides of the atlantic, a plunge in equity prices today, a little more optimistic. Clearly overall, investors still lack conviction of where we go from here. More to look at the severity of the impact even more americans filing unemployment we saw a record of 3 million americans filing for bene
Low. Its fallen more than half. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 4. 6 . The lowest since 2007. The president elect spoke with the president of taiwan today, raising concerns about new tensions with china. The u. S. Broke off diplomatic relations with taiwan back in 1979, when washington shifted diplomatic recognition of china to the communist government on washington still has unofficial ties with taiwan, and its not clear whether the talk today is a signal that the next president intends to change u. S. Foreign policy. Wendy. All right, brian. Will there be a democratic lawmaker in trumps cabinet . North dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp did not speak to reporters after she met with trump today. Later, she released a statement saying their wideranging talk included coal and the u. S. Consideration for secretary of energy or the interior. Should she be hired, north dakotas republican governor would appoint her replacement, so democrats could lose a senate seat. Here in virginia, the spotli
Its a great white. Eight to ten feet long, 1200 to 1500 pounds. This is a video thats been causing a stir this weekend. A frenzy. Reporter it was shot by a tourist at Alcatraz Island, a great white shark feeding on a sea lion. The first that i know of in the San Francisco bay. Reporter hes in shark group, and they educate people about sharks. They have tracked them into the bay before, but never a sighting so far in. Never an encounter with a human. We have seen them. Its shocking to see one next to the alcatraz dock next to a boat full of tourists. Reporter they made the rounds where many are training for a swim race this weekend. They will be jumping in about the spot where this video was shot. It was scary to see a big pool of blood in the water. Something you think about out there. Reporter the race stretches from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco park. Most swimmers say there are plenty of other things they have to worry about that are more likely than an encounter with a shark. Im
Our commitment voters about to have their say. Reid good to have you with us this sunday. But his time tomorrow, the Iowa Caucuses will be underway. Phil is live in des moines where the president of candidates are making their final pitches. P hil 24 hours to go. There are 99 counties in 3 Million People and every candidate would like to shake hands with each and every person. That is because there are a ton of undecided voters. I one means church for most people, especially those running for president. Sunday morning in iowa. Donald trump and his wife in council bluffs. Mr. Trump i feel great. It is really an honor. Phil the day before, it is a fullcourt press. Our first home. Phil Bernie Sanders running his people spent most of the day knocking on doors finding this man, an Martin O Malley supporter leaning towards hillary. You are on the fence. Most important thing to . Education. Phil governor Chris Christie on why iowa is so important. Governor christie it encourages everybody aro