Tag: Zhongshan Station

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  China to use Antarctica for ocean monitoring satellites

  

  Last week's announcement by China that it would build ground stations in Antarctica to back its increasing number of ocean monitoring satellites, has sparked some fears among western countries who believe it is in fact an espionage network, a comment Beijing has systematically rejected.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  First China built icebreaker begins its maiden voyage to Antarctica

  

  China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, will start its maiden voyage to the Antarctic from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this week.