At noon on May 4, the members of the mainland Everest expedition team successfully reached the summit and used high-precision radar for the first time to measure the thickness of ice and snow at the summit. At about 12:46, the team successfully erected the world's highest automatic weather station on Mount Everest. This is the first time that the scientific expedition of Mount Everest on the mainland has exceeded the altitude of more than 8,000 meters, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of scientific investigation and research on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Expedition team members successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (01:11)
The world's highest automatic weather station
At about 12:46 on May 4, 2022, the team successfully erected the world's highest automatic weather station at the top of Mount Everest.
On May 4, 2022, expedition members took measurements at the summit of Mount Everest.
On May 4, 2022, the expedition team members reported the completion of the task at the summit of Mount Everest.
Ice and snow samples are collected at the summit
On May 4, 2022, at the summit of Mount Everest, expedition team members collected ice and snow samples.
On May 4, 2022, at the summit of Mount Everest, expedition team members collected ice and snow samples.
"Peak Mission 2022 - Comprehensive Scientific Expedition and Research on the Extremely High Altitude Area of Mount Everest" was attended by 16 scientific expedition teams from 5 scientific expedition teams and a total of more than 270 scientific expedition team members. This is a comprehensive scientific expedition with the widest subject coverage, the largest number of participants, and the most advanced instruments and equipment since the launch of the comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 2017. The "Peak Mission" Everest scientific expedition will for the first time break through the altitude of more than 8,000 meters and complete the comprehensive scientific investigation task of the summit of Mount Everest, which is a feat of human beings to carry out extremely high altitude comprehensive scientific investigation and research in the Everest region.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News Network