New icebreaker to improve China's polar research
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2011-11-04 08:05
State Oceanic Administration and Tianjin municipal government staff on Thursday see icebreaker Xuelong off the Tianjin Port as it began a 157-day expedition to the Antarctic. Zhou Wei / for China Daily |
Upgrade of the old vessel, Xuelong, is on the cards: Officials
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