The design of China’s fifth Antarctic research station is inspired by the Crux constellation. The station can accommodate 80 expedition team members in summer and 30 members in winter. (Photo: PRIC) Two Chinese icebreakers and a container ship set off for...
The Chinese icebreaker Xua-Long-2 departed Shanghai on 12 July for the 13th Arctic expedition. (Photo: CHINARE) China’s thirteenth Arctic expedition team set sail July 12 on a mission that is expected to last until the end of September, covering a voyage of...
The journey to the highest Kunlun station at an altitude of 4,087 metres, 1,220 km from the coast, is arduous and takes about 2 weeks. (Photo: Xinhua) Is the 60-year-old Antarctic Treaty robust enough to stop China? In the 1959 treaty, more than 50 states agreed not...
