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Britainhasanewtallestmountain.MtHope,whichissitedinthepartoftheAntarcticclaimedbytheUK,wasrecentlyre-measuredandfoundtotowerabovetheprevioustitleholder,MtJackso
PolartourismisbecominganewfavoriteofChinesetourismindustry,andthenumberofChinesetouriststothepolarregionshasincreasedmanyfoldsinrecentyears,showsaChinaNationalR
ChinesescientistssaidonSundaythatChinawilladdathirdAntarcticSurveyTelescope(AST3)totheSouthPolearraytoobservegravitationalwaves,andintroducemoreequipmentforitso
ChinawillbuilditsfifthresearchstationintheAntarctic,accordingtotheStateOceanicAdministration(SOA).Chineseresearchershaveselectedthesiteforthestation,whichwillbe
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BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on Tuesday called on the international community to better protect Antarctica and strike a balance between protection and utilization.
Scientific researchers pose for a group photo on research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon", at Victoria Land, Antarctica, on Feb. 14, 2017. China published on Monday the first full report on its development in Antarctica over the past three decades, titled "China's Antarctic Activities." According to the report, over the past 30 years, China has opened four research bases -- the Great Wall station, Zhongshan station, Kunlun station and Taishan station -- and established the Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai in addition to sailing the icebreaker Xuelong. (Xinhua)
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A summit attended by leaders from 25 countries and aimed at conserving the Antarctic and Southern Oceans has begun in Tasmania.
In January 1966, the first ship carrying “citizen explorers” arrived in Antarctica. At the time, only a handful of leisure travellers had ever considered visiting the world’s most remote land mass.
Growing vegetables in the South Pole may sound as crazy as attempting to grow potatoes on Mars, as recently seen in "The Martian."
Australian scientists have witnessed the rare eruption of an Antarctic volcano off the coast of the frozen continent.
The protection of the Southern Ocean was the No.1 agenda item when Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) opened its annual meeting in Hobart, Tasmaniaon on Monday.