The ‘Scenic Eclipse II’ was sailing through the Ross Sea in Antarctica on Jan. 17 when it got stuck in a thick sheet of ice and required assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lake freighter ship that was stuck in the ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River since Wednesday was freed Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lake freighter ship has begun to move after it got stuck in ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River Wednesday morning. It first got stuck around 11:40 a.m.

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.