China’s icebreaker departs for 38th Antarctic expedition by Heiner Kubny | Dec 7, 2021 | Archive, Expeditions, Science, Science, SouthChinese researchers bid farewell as the research icebreaker “Xue Long” departs for the 38th Antarctic expedition in Shanghai. (Photo: Polar Research Institute of China) “Xue Long 2”, China’s first Chinese-built polar icebreaker, set off...