41st Antarctic expedition sets sail for 7 months

By Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-02 07:29
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This photo taken on Nov 1, 2024 shows icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, leaving Nansha International Cruise Home Port for China's 41st Antarctic expedition in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Sun presented a flag to the director of the expedition, Wang Jinhui, at the ceremony, which was held at the mouth of the Pearl River.

Long Wei, deputy head of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, said the research team will conduct comprehensive biological investigations, as well as monitoring of the water, atmospheric, environmental and pollutant distribution in the Prydz Bay area of East Antarctica, the Astronaut Sea, the Ross Sea, the Amundsen Sea and waters adjacent to the Antarctic Peninsula.

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