Apparently no one aboard was up to pulling weather data together from their satellite internet connection.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/12/31/wuwt-and-weatherbell-help-kusi-tv-with-a-weather-forecasting-request-from-ice-trapped-ship-in-antarctica-akademik-shokalskiy/#comment-1520303
Thanks for the link. Interesting story.