MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian shipping company says that its icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has freed itself from ice and reached clear water.

The Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker got stuck in sea ice earlier this week near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea. Officials have said that people onboard weren’t in any danger.

Fareastern Shipping Co. spokeswoman Tatyana Kulikova said Friday the icebreaker has reached clear water. She said it’s now heading to Ushuaia on the Argentine coast.

Kulikova said the icebreaker is expected to reach port in three days. Ship21= In this photo taken Dec 19, 2002 and released by press service of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen somewhere in undisclosed location. The icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has been successfully moving through ice and is just about 100 meters (yards) away from clear water, its owners said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP)