-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- my taxi driver is telling me about his meal last night . his name is william . he ate whale . melting world : mountainous icebergs in greeland 's sermilik fjord . `` delicious , '' he says , kissing the tips of his fingers on one hand , making the universal sign for good tasting food . william tells me he went out on a boat with some friends a few days ago and shot the whale . i 'm not sure how i feel about this . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- few have had a bigger influence on today 's musical artists than michael jackson . michael jackson performs with usher in september 2001 at madison square gardens in new york city . younger singers , from justin timberlake to usher and chris brown , have emulated his dance moves , his look and his sound . he was , for many , the ultimate performer . '' -lsb- his influence -rsb- feels like something that is instilled and embedded in anyone who wanted to create anything musically , '' said marsha ambrosius , one half of the duo floetry that wrote the single `` butterflies . '' welcome to greenland . on this remote but enormous island subsistence whale hunting is allowed . this was just the memorable start to an extraordinary journey . cameraman neil bennett and i had traveled to the small town of tasiilaq in southeastern greenland to meet up with the arctic sunrise , a ship belonging to the environmental group greenpeace . read neil 's blog on filming in challenging conditions . the 34-year-old icebreaker and its crew are on a three month expedition around greenland 's coast . they say their mission is to help scientists working in the region and to publicize the environmental changes taking place here . we join the arctic sunrise as it moves slowly up sermilik fjord . this is simply the most beautiful place i 've ever seen . it 's an inky blue body of water thick with floating , ancient ice . some of the icebergs are mountainous . they all come from the greenland ice sheet , a vast mass of frozen fresh water , hundreds of miles across and up to two miles thick . view the gallery of the stunning landscape '' over the next four days we observe independent scientists working to understand why the ice sheet is melting so rapidly . that single appeared on jackson 's 2001 `` invincible '' album . `` he will always be the king of pop , and no one will ever be able to fill those shoes with those shiny socks and that glove , '' ambrosius said . for many of the younger generation , he was the first to not just cross over but explode onto the pop charts from the r & b scene . his phenomenal talent and worldwide appeal made his throne one to be aspired to even as they stood in awe of him . we fly over and land on helheim glacier , a major outlet for the ice sheet which has sped up dramatically in the last decade . we accompany oceanographers in inflatable boats as they collect data on the warming water currents in the fjord . all this research , they say , points to sea levels rising beyond current predictions . there are still those who question humankind 's role in the warming of the earth 's climate , but these scientists are not among them . `` things could be very bad , '' glaciologist dr gordon hamilton tells me . `` if we do n't start to do something about it now we 'll very quickly reach a tipping point from which there 'll be no return . and the consequences for society as a whole would be catastrophic . '' `` if you 're a singer and you do n't want to be like michael jackson , something is wrong , '' said 19-year-old singer and rapper sean kingston , who scored a hit in 2007 with the song `` beautiful girls . '' `` he 's a huge influence . '' sonia murray , a longtime atlanta-based music columnist , said jackson was for the younger set what james brown had been for jackson : an inspiration . `` it was the many dimensions he had as a performer , '' murray said . `` a lot of those artists strive to be all around entertainers . michael looks to james brown and sammy davis jr. and for the younger guys , he was the closest thing they had . '' his music videos were must-see tv , and aspiring artists learned that it took more than just holding a microphone if they really wanted to make it big . `` he was the total package , '' said gail mitchell , senior editor for r & b and hip-hop for billboard . `` i was talking to somebody the other day about what trends they were seeing , and they said that a lot of the acts these days seem to going back to the whole entertainer thing . '' `` it 's not just good enough anymore to lip-synch or program your computer , but some of these newer artists are more concerned about putting on a great show for their fans . '' steve greenberg , founder and ceo of s-curve records , was a disc jokey in tel aviv , israel , when `` thriller '' first dropped and witnessed first-hand how jackson became an international icon . greenberg said jackson `` influenced everyone who has come after him . '' `` he 's been around so long that everyone on the contemporary scene has come after him , '' greenberg said . `` his was the first very contemporary , very exciting dance music to emerge after the death of disco . '' his was a global appeal , greenberg said , among fans and artists worldwide . `` he was as big in the middle east and southeast asia as he was in america and europe , '' greenberg said . `` he had that universality that not many people had . the beatles had it , muhammad ali had it , but not many other people have had it . '' joining greenpeace on this expedition was a difficult decision for cnn . does it compromise our editorial independence on what can still be a highly divisive issue ? in my experience it 's no different to embedding with soldiers on one side of a military conflict . i 've traveled with american soldiers in iraq and russian soldiers in georgia . it enables journalists to access newsworthy locations and people that we could n't get to otherwise , either practically or safely . and the stories told can still be balanced and fair . his music also crossed genres . he was a favorite of rappers to sample and working with him was a badge of honor in the industry . producer dallas austin worked with him on michael jackson 's `` history : past , present and future '' and , like the rest of the world , was stunned by his death . `` michael jackson was a magical person to work with , '' austin said in a released statement . `` i am saddened by his death . the world wo n't be the same without him . '' even for the most hardcore in hip-hop , there was no shame in admitting love for the king of pop . `` michael jackson has always been an inspiration to me as far as his music is concerned , '' rapper snoop dogg told mtv in 2001 . `` you ca n't take nothing from him . '' wyclef jean released a statement saying `` michael jackson was my musical god . '' `` he made me believe that all things are possible , and through real and positive music , he can live forever , '' jean said . `` i love michael jackson . god bless him . '' floetry member marsha ambrosius said she felt blessed to have spent two weeks working with jackson in new york city a few years ago after he fell in love with a song she had written . she had the opportunity to get to know him , not just as a superstar , but as a fun-loving family man who stayed in touch with her even after the project was finished . `` he was one of the most amazing people you would ever want to meet , '' she said . `` i can say i worked with the most incredible artist on planet earth . '' traveling with greenpeace allowed us to record powerful images of greenland 's accelerating melt . and we met independent scientists who believe the world must act boldly to slow down change that science is struggling to keep pace with . cnn 's shanon cook contributed to this report .
cnn traveled with greenpeace to greenland on their study of the region . flow of helheim glacier has sped up dramatically in last decade . research of warming water in sermilik fjord points to higher sea-level rise .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- my taxi driver is telling me about his meal last night . his name is william . he ate whale . melting world : mountainous icebergs in greeland 's sermilik fjord . `` delicious , '' he says , kissing the tips of his fingers on one hand , making the universal sign for good tasting food . william tells me he went out on a boat with some friends a few days ago and shot the whale . i 'm not sure how i feel about this . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- few have had a bigger influence on today 's musical artists than michael jackson . michael jackson performs with usher in september 2001 at madison square gardens in new york city . younger singers , from justin timberlake to usher and chris brown , have emulated his dance moves , his look and his sound . he was , for many , the ultimate performer . '' -lsb- his influence -rsb- feels like something that is instilled and embedded in anyone who wanted to create anything musically , '' said marsha ambrosius , one half of the duo floetry that wrote the single `` butterflies . '' welcome to greenland . on this remote but enormous island subsistence whale hunting is allowed . this was just the memorable start to an extraordinary journey . cameraman neil bennett and i had traveled to the small town of tasiilaq in southeastern greenland to meet up with the arctic sunrise , a ship belonging to the environmental group greenpeace . read neil 's blog on filming in challenging conditions . the 34-year-old icebreaker and its crew are on a three month expedition around greenland 's coast . they say their mission is to help scientists working in the region and to publicize the environmental changes taking place here . we join the arctic sunrise as it moves slowly up sermilik fjord . this is simply the most beautiful place i 've ever seen . it 's an inky blue body of water thick with floating , ancient ice . some of the icebergs are mountainous . they all come from the greenland ice sheet , a vast mass of frozen fresh water , hundreds of miles across and up to two miles thick . view the gallery of the stunning landscape '' over the next four days we observe independent scientists working to understand why the ice sheet is melting so rapidly . that single appeared on jackson 's 2001 `` invincible '' album . `` he will always be the king of pop , and no one will ever be able to fill those shoes with those shiny socks and that glove , '' ambrosius said . for many of the younger generation , he was the first to not just cross over but explode onto the pop charts from the r & b scene . his phenomenal talent and worldwide appeal made his throne one to be aspired to even as they stood in awe of him . we fly over and land on helheim glacier , a major outlet for the ice sheet which has sped up dramatically in the last decade . we accompany oceanographers in inflatable boats as they collect data on the warming water currents in the fjord . all this research , they say , points to sea levels rising beyond current predictions . there are still those who question humankind 's role in the warming of the earth 's climate , but these scientists are not among them . `` things could be very bad , '' glaciologist dr gordon hamilton tells me . `` if we do n't start to do something about it now we 'll very quickly reach a tipping point from which there 'll be no return . and the consequences for society as a whole would be catastrophic . '' `` if you 're a singer and you do n't want to be like michael jackson , something is wrong , '' said 19-year-old singer and rapper sean kingston , who scored a hit in 2007 with the song `` beautiful girls . '' `` he 's a huge influence . '' sonia murray , a longtime atlanta-based music columnist , said jackson was for the younger set what james brown had been for jackson : an inspiration . `` it was the many dimensions he had as a performer , '' murray said . `` a lot of those artists strive to be all around entertainers . michael looks to shame in admitting love for the king of pop . `` michael jackson has always been an inspiration to me as far as his music is concerned , '' rapper snoop dogg told mtv in 2001 . `` you ca n't take nothing from him . '' wyclef jean released a statement saying `` michael jackson was my musical god . '' `` he made me believe that all things are possible , and through real and positive music , he can live forever , '' jean said . `` i love michael jackson . god bless him . '' floetry member marsha ambrosius said she felt blessed to have spent two weeks working with jackson in new york city a few years ago after he fell in love with a song she had written . she had the opportunity to get to know him , not just as a superstar , but as a fun-loving family man who stayed in touch with her even after the project was finished . `` he was one of the most amazing people you would ever want to meet , '' she said . `` i can say i worked with the most incredible artist on planet earth . '' traveling with greenpeace allowed us to record powerful images of greenland 's accelerating melt . and we met independent scientists who believe the world must act boldly to slow down change that science is struggling to keep pace with . cnn 's shanon cook contributed to this report .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- my taxi driver is telling me about his meal last night . his name is william . he ate whale . melting world : mountainous icebergs in greeland 's sermilik fjord . `` delicious , '' he says , kissing the tips of his fingers on one hand , making the universal sign for good tasting food . william tells me he went out on a boat with some friends a few days ago and shot the whale . i 'm not sure how i feel about this . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- few have had a bigger influence on today 's musical artists than michael jackson . michael jackson performs with usher in september 2001 at madison square gardens in new york city . younger singers , from justin timberlake to usher and chris brown , have emulated his dance moves , his look and his sound . he was , for many , the ultimate performer . '' -lsb- his influence -rsb- feels like something that is instilled and embedded in anyone who wanted to create anything musically , '' said marsha ambrosius , one half of the duo floetry that wrote the single `` butterflies . '' welcome to greenland . on this remote but enormous island subsistence whale hunting is allowed . this was just the memorable start to an extraordinary journey . cameraman neil bennett and i had traveled to the small town of tasiilaq in southeastern greenland to meet up with the arctic sunrise , a ship belonging to the environmental group greenpeace . read neil 's blog on filming in challenging conditions . the 34-year-old icebreaker and its crew are on a three month expedition around greenland 's coast . they say their mission is to help scientists working in the region and to publicize the environmental changes taking place here . we join the arctic sunrise as it moves slowly up sermilik fjord . this is simply the most beautiful place i 've ever seen . it 's an inky blue body of water thick with floating , ancient ice . some of the icebergs are mountainous . they all come from the greenland ice sheet , a vast mass of frozen fresh water , hundreds of miles across and up to two miles thick . view the gallery of the stunning landscape '' over the next four days we observe independent scientists working to understand why the ice sheet is melting so rapidly . that single appeared on jackson 's 2001 `` invincible '' album . `` he will always be the king of pop , and no one will ever be able to fill those shoes with those shiny socks and that glove , '' ambrosius said . for many of the younger generation , he was the first to not just cross over but explode onto the pop charts from the r & b scene . his phenomenal talent and worldwide appeal made his throne one to be aspired to even as they stood in awe of him . we fly over and land on helheim glacier , a major outlet for the ice sheet which has sped up dramatically in the last decade . we accompany oceanographers in inflatable boats as they collect data on the warming water currents in the fjord . all this research , they say , points to sea levels rising beyond current predictions . there are still those who question humankind 's role in the warming of the earth 's climate , but these scientists are not among them . `` things could be very bad , '' glaciologist dr gordon hamilton tells me . `` if we do n't start to do something about it now we 'll very quickly reach a tipping point from which there 'll as big in the middle east and southeast asia as he was in america and europe , '' greenberg said . `` he had that universality that not many people had . the beatles had it , muhammad ali had it , but not many other people have had it . '' joining greenpeace on this expedition was a difficult decision for cnn . does it compromise our editorial independence on what can still be a highly divisive issue ? in my experience it 's no different to embedding with soldiers on one side of a military conflict . i 've traveled with american soldiers in iraq and russian soldiers in georgia . it enables journalists to access newsworthy locations and people that we could n't get to otherwise , either practically or safely . and the stories told can still be balanced and fair . his music also crossed genres . he was a favorite of rappers to sample and working with him was a badge of honor in the industry . producer dallas austin worked with him on michael jackson 's `` history : past , present and future '' and , like the rest of the world , was stunned by his death . `` michael jackson was a magical person to work with , '' austin said in a released statement . `` i am saddened by his death . the world wo n't be the same without him . '' even for the most hardcore in hip-hop , there was no love with a song she had written . she had the opportunity to get to know him , not just as a superstar , but as a fun-loving family man who stayed in touch with her even after the project was finished . `` he was one of the most amazing people you would ever want to meet , '' she said . `` i can say i worked with the most incredible artist on planet earth . '' traveling with greenpeace allowed us to record powerful images of greenland 's accelerating melt . and we met independent scientists who believe the world must act boldly to slow down change that science is struggling to keep pace with . cnn 's shanon cook contributed to this report .
-lrb- cnn -- my taxi driver telling about his meal last. his name william. he ate whale. melting world : mountainous icebergs in greeland 's sermilik. `` delicious, '' he, kissing the tips, making the universal sign good tasting food william tells went out a shot the whale. i '. -lrb- cnn -- few have had a bigger influence today 's musical artists michael jackson. michael jackson performs usher in september 2001 madison square gardens new york city. younger singers, from justin timberlake usher and chris brown have emulated his dance moves his look he was, for many, the ultimate performer '' -lsb- his influence -rsb- feels something instilled and embedded anyone wanted create anything musically, '' said marsha ambrosius one half the duo floetry that wrote the single `` butterflies. '' welcome greenland. on this remote but enormous island subsistence whale hunting allowed. this was just the memorable start an extraordinary journey. cameraman neil bennett and i had traveled tasiilaq southeastern greenland the arctic sunrise, a ship belonging the environmental group greenpeace read neil 's blog on filming in challenging conditions. the 34-year-old icebreaker and are on a three month expedition around greenland 's coast. they say their mission scientists working the region publicize the environmental changes taking here. we join the arctic sunrise as it moves slowly sermilik fjord. this simply the most beautiful place '. it 's an inky blue body thick floating, ancient ice. some the icebergs mountainous. they all come the greenland ice sheet, a vast mass frozen fresh water, hundreds across up two view the gallery the stunning landscape '' over we observe independent scientists why so. that single appeared jackson 's 2001 `` invincible '' album. `` he will always the king pop, fill those shoes those shiny socks that glove, '' ambrosius. for many the younger generation, he not cross explode onto from the r & b scene his phenomenal talent worldwide appeal made his throne one to aspired even they stood. we fly over and land helheim glacier, a major outlet which sped dramatically. we accompany oceanographers inflatable boats as collect the warming water currents. all this research, they say points sea levels beyond current predictions there still those question humankind 's role the warming, these scientists among `` things could very, '' glaciologist dr gordon hamilton tells. `` if do n't start now 'll very quickly reach from there 'll. and the consequences society would. 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'' even for hardcore in, no shame admitting love the king pop. `` michael jackson has always as far his music, '' rapper snoop dogg told mtv in 2001 `` you ca n't take nothing him. '' wyclef jean released michael jackson my musical god. '' `` he made me believe all things, through real and positive music, can live, jean. `` i love michael jackson. god bless. '' floetry member marsha ambrosius said she felt blessed spent working jackson new york city a after fell a song. she had the opportunity get, not a superstar stayed even the project `` he one want, '' she. `` i can say i worked the most incredible artist. '' traveling greenpeace allowed record powerful images greenland 's accelerating melt. and we met independent scientists believe must act boldly slow change that science struggling keep. cnn 's shanon cook contributed.
ship belonging to the environmental group greenpeace . read neil 's blog on filming in challenging conditions . the 34-year-old icebreaker and its crew are on a three month expedition around greenland 's coast . they say their mission is to help scientists working in the region and to publicize the environmental changes taking place here . we join the arctic sunrise as it moves slowly up sermilik fjord . this is simply the most beautiful place i 've ever seen . it 's an inky blue body of water thick with floating , ancient ice . some of the icebergs are mountainous . they all come from the greenland ice sheet , a vast mass of frozen fresh water , hundreds of miles across and up to two miles thick . view the gallery of the stunning landscape '' over the next four days we observe independent scientists working to understand why the ice sheet is melting so rapidly . that single appeared on jackson 's 2001 `` invincible '' album . `` he will always be the king of pop , and no one will ever be able to fill those shoes with those shiny socks and that glove , '' ambrosius said . for many of the younger generation , he was the first to not just cross over but explode onto the pop charts from the r & b scene . his phenomenal talent and worldwide appeal made his throne one to be aspired to even as they stood in awe of him . we fly over and land on helheim glacier , a major outlet for the ice sheet which has sped up dramatically in the last decade . we accompany oceanographers in inflatable boats as they collect data on the warming water currents in the fjord . all this research , they say , points to sea levels rising beyond current predictions . there are still those who question humankind 's role in the warming of the earth 's climate , but these scientists are not among them . `` things could be very bad , '' glaciologist dr gordon hamilton tells me . `` if we do n't start to do something about it now we 'll very quickly reach a tipping point from which there 'll be no return . and the consequences for society as a whole would be catastrophic . '' `` if you 're a singer and you do n't want to be like michael jackson , something is wrong , '' said 19-year-old singer and rapper sean kingston , who scored a hit in 2007 with the song `` beautiful girls . '' `` he 's a huge influence . '' sonia murray , a longtime atlanta-based music columnist , said jackson was for the younger set what james brown had been for jackson : an inspiration . `` it was the many dimensions he had as a performer , '' murray said . `` a lot of those artists strive to be all around entertainers . michael looks to shame in admitting love for the king of pop . `` michael jackson has always been an inspiration to me as far as his music is concerned , '' rapper snoop dogg told mtv in 2001 . `` you ca n't take nothing from him . '' wyclef jean released a statement saying `` michael jackson was my musical god . '' `` he made me believe that all things are possible , and through real and positive music , he can live forever , '' jean said . `` i love michael jackson . god bless him . '' floetry member marsha ambrosius said she felt blessed to have spent two weeks working with jackson in new york city a few years ago after he fell in love with a song she had written . she had the opportunity to get to know him , not just as a superstar , but as a fun-loving family man who stayed in touch with her even after the project was finished . `` he was one of the most amazing people you would ever want to meet , '' she said . `` i can say i worked with the most incredible artist on planet earth . '' traveling with greenpeace allowed us to record powerful images of greenland 's accelerating melt . and we met independent scientists who believe the world must act boldly to slow down change that science is struggling to keep pace with . cnn 's shanon cook contributed to this report .
 The text is about Michael Jackson, a singer who was known as the "King of Pop". He was born in 1958 and died in 2009. The article talks about his music career, including his album "Thriller" which became one of the best-selling albums of all time. It also mentions his philanthropic work, including supporting children's charities and advocating for environmental protection. Additionally, it touches on his personal life, including his marriages and children.