Name: China's Xuelong wraps up Antarctic survey, collects key specimens
Uploaded: 2026-02-15T18:22:56+08:00
Duration: PT41.042S
Description: The Chinese polar research icebreaker Xuelong has completed all scheduled oceanographic survey operations in the Amundsen Sea during China's 42nd Antarctic expedition. The ocean team aboard Xuelong carried out a series of scientific tasks, including

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The Chinese polar research icebreaker Xuelong has completed all scheduled oceanographic survey operations in the Amundsen Sea during China's 42nd Antarctic expedition. The ocean team aboard Xuelong carried out a series of scientific tasks, including conductivity-temperature-depth observations and water sampling, vertical biological net tows, krill trawling, midwater fish trawling and benthic trawling. Chinese researchers collected a batch of high-value scientific specimens from the Southern Ocean, encompassing Antarctic krill, midwater fish and deep-sea benthic organisms.

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