A guard boat is on duty on the sea covered by drift ice, in Qinhuangdao, North China's Hebei province, Jan 8, 2013. A cold snap has created a layer of thick sea ice in the offshore areas of the Bohai Bay in Hebei Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
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