President Xi Jinping has requested all-out efforts to ensure the safety of the staff aboard the research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, which is trapped in heavy ice after its rescue of passengers on a Russian vessel stranded in Antarctica. Xi Jinpin

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China plans to build a new icebreaker for polar expeditions as its veteran Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, remains stuck in Antarctica after rescuing passengers from a Russian vessel. Qu Tanzhou, director of the State Oceanic Administration's Chinese Arctic

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After four days of being trapped by ice in the Antarctic, the ship has now broken free from dense ice. A change in wind direction loosened the ice floes packed around the vessel, providing an 80-meter stretch of water for the Xuelong to navigate in.

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A Chinese icebreaker stuck in the Antarctic has cleared a path through the ice one kilometer in length. The deputy director of the Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, says the vessel will use the channel to pick up as much speed as possible in order to free it

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China's research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon has entered an area of clear water, after more than ten hours spent breaking through the Antarctic ice. The vessel had been trapped in the area since Friday. Last Thursday, its helicopter

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South Pole weather has stymied a rescue by a Chinese icebreaker trying to reach an expedition vessel trapped for the past few days in frozen seas. South Pole weather has stymied a rescue by a Chinese icebreaker trying to reach an expedition vessel tr

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