www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Chinadaily.com.cn
 
Go Adv Search
Second icebreaker planned for polar research

Second icebreaker planned for polar research

Updated: 2012-04-09 16:14

By Wang Zhenghua (chinadaily.com.cn)

  Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

A new icebreaker is scheduled to join Xuelong, the country's only Antarctic research vessel, in 2014, highlighting China's ambition for further exploration and scientific study in polar regions.

At a news conference in Shanghai on Sunday to mark the return of Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, from its 28th Antarctic expedition, officials said the new vessel is being designed and will undergo tests starting in two years. One Arctic expedition and two Antarctic expeditions are planned by 2015.

"We are in the process of conceptual design for the new vessel and it is going smoothly," said Weng Lixin, a deputy director of the State Oceanic Administration. "The new ship will be put into service in 2014."

The new vessel is more of a true icebreaker and will be more effective in exploring than Xuelong, which is partly used to deliver supplies, according to Wang Shuoren, an officer on Xuelong.

He said the new icebreaker will incorporate the most advanced technology and will be more adapted to use around polar regions. It will be designed to break through sea ice more than 1.5 meters thick, topped with 0.2 meters of snow.

According to Zhao Ping, an official with the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, China will partner with the world's leading icebreaker manufacturers in producing the vessel.

At the press conference, she said the new vessel will be designed by an overseas company and be built by a Chinese shipbuilder. "We opened the bidding for the vessel's design to the world and now it has been settled," she said.

According to an earlier report, the new vessel will have a cruising radius of 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 kilometers) and cost about 1.25 billion yuan ($198 million).

China has been active in polar exploration and scientific research since 1984 and has built four polar research stations: Arctic Yellow River Station in Svalbard, Norway; Great Wall Station in the Shetland Islands, west Antarctica; Zhongshan Station in the Larsemann Hills, east Antarctica; and Kunlun Station, located on Dome A, the highest place in Antarctica.

In its latest expedition starting in October, Xuelong delivered supplies to the country's Antarctic stations and conducted various scientific research tasks, including a polar environmental survey and the installation of a survey telescope.

Other major achievements during the 163-day expedition were the installation of a 100-meter deflection tube for deep core drilling at Zhongshan Station and the drilling of a 120-meter ice core, catapulting China to a leading role in glaciology studies.

Officials said China plans to add two more survey telescopes on Antarctica in future.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲男人天堂视频 | 国产在线乱子伦一区二区 | 久久精品免费 | 欧美成人全部费免网站 | 一级毛毛片毛片毛片毛片在线看 | 99视频在线观看视频一区 | 国产精品亚洲二区 | 91最新地址永久入口 | 久久国产免费一区 | 国产欧美综合在线一区二区三区 | 经典国产一级毛片 | 久久99精品久久久久久h | 日本三级午夜 | 久久爱91| 97超频国产在线公开免费视频 | 国产精品情侣久久婷婷文字 | 特级毛片全部免费播放a一级 | 国产成人亚洲综合网站不卡 | 国产精品久久久影院 | 99精品网 | 日本韩国欧美在线 | 国产在线精品一区二区高清不卡 | 毛片网站在线播放 | 免费观看成年的网站 | 特黄日韩免费一区二区三区 | 国产中文字幕视频 | 在线观看国产一区二三区 | 国产大片中文字幕在线观看 | 一区二区三区精品国产欧美 | 国产区香蕉精品系列在线观看不卡 | 国产黄色小视频 | 亚洲免费精品视频 | 亚洲成a人片在线观 | 中文字幕成人在线 | 手机看片免费基地 | 久草3| 一区二区在线播放福利视频 | 国产伦理自拍 | 波多野结衣被强在线视频 | 国产在线精品一区二区夜色 | 欧美一级毛片在线播放 |