Cai Wenjun/Shanghai Daily news
The "Xuelong," China's sole icebreaker, will leave its base in Shanghai for
its 25th Antarctic expedition on October 20 - a mission to establish the
nation's third scientific research station in a place where no other country or
region has such a facility.
The spot, Dome Argus, or Dome A for short, is
on the massive East Antarctic Ice Cap, a plateau 1,200 kilometers
inland.