thanks herb everyone! that s the snow eagle landing on the antarctic ice. that happened this morning. it ferried out all 52 passengers of a russian research ship, trapped since christmas eve. matthew chance following all of this from the beginning. one of my favorite stories. i couldn t imagine all of the guys sending videos, they seem so happy, confident, they finally rescued them after many, many failed attempts. but you still have a crew that s on board that ship. tell us, first of all, how do they manage the breakthrough, this rescue operation, and what happens to the crew? you re right. it s one of my favorite stories as well across the holiday period. you almost get the impression they re going to sad to see the back of the stranded vessel. but they re off it now, 52 of them. airlifted by the chinese helicopter to a chinese ice breaker a short distance away that couldn t get through the thick ice.