Chinese language analysis icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, departed from a port in Christchurch, New Zealand on Thursday to hold out a month-long marine ecosystem survey within the Amundsen Sea.
The survey will embody a complete investigation and monitoring of organic ecology, water, sedimentary and atmospheric setting, and pollutant distribution, in response to Luo Guangfu, captain of the oceanic workforce of China’s forty first Antarctic expedition.
Xuelong 2 docked on the Lyttelton Port to make a halfway provide of fruits, greens, and gas, in addition to to select up 38 members of the oceanic analysis workforce earlier than heading to the Amundsen Sea.
The Lyttelton Port is among the most essential replenishment stations for China’s Antarctic analysis, and Christchurch, the place the port is positioned, has been internationally acknowledged as one of many gateway cities to Antarctica, Chinese language Consul Basic in Christchurch He Ying mentioned on Saturday.
“We are going to reap the benefits of the most effective time within the Southern Hemisphere all through February within the Amundsen Sea to hold out marine ecosystem survey operations,” Luo mentioned, including the analysis will cowl bodily oceanography, marine chemistry, biology, and geology.