/ world today news/ On November 1, a ceremony was held in Shanghai to send the 40th Chinese scientific expedition to Antarctica. She will work on the icy continent for 5 months, until next April.
One of the main tasks of the expedition was to establish a new station along the East Antarctic coast in the Ross Sea. It will be China’s fifth on the mainland and its first in the Pacific. It will conduct research on the atmospheric and main marine environment.
In addition, the expedition will carry out joint research in frontier areas of Antarctic science and carry out international cooperation in logistics support with the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Italy, South Korea, Russia, Chile and other countries.
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