The warmists long nightmare is finally over.

Via NBC News:

A Russian research ship and a Chinese icebreaker that were stranded in Antarctica have broken free from heavy ice and no longer need to be rescued by the United States, Australian officials said Wednesday.

More than 50 scientists, researchers and tourists had to be airlifted from the Russian-owned vessel Akademik Shokalskiy after it became trapped on Dec. 24, 100 nautical miles east of French Antarctic station Dumont d’Urville and about 1,500 nautical miles (2,250 miles) south of Tasmania, Australia.

The protracted international rescue effort was itself delayed by the conditions, with blinding snow, strong winds and thick sea ice preventing the airlift until Jan. 2.

The passengers were ferried to an Australian vessel by a helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, which had been on its way to help but itself became stuck in the thick ice.