The "Xue Long" is about to leave the polar scientific research dock and start the thirty-sixth scientific expedition. Photo by Chen Chao
It is reported that previously, the "Xuelong 2" Chinese research vessel left Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port for Shenzhen on the 9th of this month, kicking off the prelude to China's 36th Antarctic expedition. On the 22nd, after completing the overhaul of the ship, the "Xue Long" set sail and will meet with the "Xue Long 2" at the Zhongshan Station in Antarctica in late November.
The police at the Waigaoqiao Border Inspection Station boarded the "Xuelong" to handle exit inspection procedures. Photo by Chen Chao
At present, the antarctic Zhongshan Station, the Inland Team, taishan station, and the new station on Enkesborg Island have been loaded on the ship, and will take the "Xue long" to the Antarctic site. It is understood that this expedition will carry out scientific investigation work in the fields of astronomy, high altitude, ice and snow, sea ice meteorology, geomagnetism, environment, and ocean. At the new station on the island of Enksburg, the temporary construction of the new station, the engineering geological survey work and some scientific investigation work will continue to be carried out.
The 36th Antarctic Expedition is an important expedition that inherits the past and opens up the future. Xuelong 2 officially joined the Antarctic expedition sequence and formed an Antarctic expedition formation with Xuelong, which is china's second expedition to Antarctica in the "double-ship operation" mode after a gap of 35 years. In this "double ship operation", two polar expedition icebreakers formed a formation to go to Antarctica for the first time, and the "Double Dragon Pole Exploration" work mode will become a new normal for China's polar scientific expeditions in the future, which will have a broad and profound impact on the scope of investigation, the scale of personnel, the depth of the investigation and the influence of the results.
The Waigaoqiao Border Inspection Station opened up a "green channel" and quickly handled the border inspection procedures for the round and the scientific expedition personnel to help them leave the country smoothly. Photo by Chen Chao
On the same day, the Waigaoqiao Border Inspection Station opened a "green channel" and quickly handled the border inspection procedures for the ship and the scientific expedition personnel to help them leave the country smoothly. The Waigaoqiao border inspection station introduced to reporters that the inspection team consisted of 446 team members. After departing from the shanghai home port, the "Xue long" polar research vessel will stop at Australia, New Zealand, Chile and other countries to go to antarctic exploration, and is expected to return to Shanghai port in mid-April 2020.
(Source: China News Network Client)