On Tuesday, January 31, an Italian icebreaker ventured somewhere no vessel had gone before in a welcoming piece of news towards better polar research. Laura Bassi is an Antarctic research ship that entered the Ross Area in the Bay Of Whales at 78° 44.280 S coordinates.
This is the farthest in the south a ship has travelled in Antarctica.
This venture into the south happened because of lesser ice in the sea, as Antarctic icebergs are melting faster than they can be created by nature.
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/first-ship-to-travel-to-farthest-south-of-antarctica/