Rescue of trapped climate-change researchers finally succeeds. But no word as to why there were there;
… the word “climate” appears once in [the CNN] web report, although not as an explanation. It doesn’t appear at all in the CBS report. The Associated Press report similarly avoids this key data point. Scott Johnson called this expedition the “ship of fools,” and perhaps that can be applied to these reports on the denouement, too.
Update: Aurora Australis will now start heading towards open water. The ship is currently travelling at a quarter knot in heavy ice towards open water. Webcam here.

