China’s research icebreakers carry out icebreaking operations in Antarctica

China’s research icebreaker Xuelong 2 breaks the ice to lead the way, Nov. 29, 2024. Currently on China’s 41st Antarctic expedition, research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, carried out icebreaking operations surrounding Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica on Friday. The ships will begin unloading operations after reaching the designated anchoring position. (Xinhua/Huang Taoming)

Yang Kai (L) and Geng Dong operate China’s research icebreaker Xuelong 2 to break the ice, Nov. 29, 2024. Currently on China’s 41st Antarctic expedition, research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, carried out icebreaking operations surrounding Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica on Friday. The ships will begin unloading operations after reaching the designated anchoring position. (Xinhua/Huang Taoming)

A drone photo taken on Nov. 29, 2024 shows China’s research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2. Currently on China’s 41st Antarctic expedition, research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, carried out icebreaking operations surrounding Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica on Friday. The ships will begin unloading operations after reaching the designated anchoring position. (Photo by Chen Dongbin/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Nov. 29, 2024 shows an iceberg near the icebreaking path of China’s research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2. Currently on China’s 41st Antarctic expedition, research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, carried out icebreaking operations surrounding Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica on Friday. The ships will begin unloading operations after reaching the designated anchoring position. (Xinhua/Huang Taoming)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…