China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crosses equator on 43rd Antarctic expedition
Members of China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition team play a game aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the southern hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Zou Duowei)
Members of China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition team pose for photos aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the southern hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Zou Duowei)
Members of China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition team pose for photos aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the southern hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Zou Duowei)
Members of China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition team play a game aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the southern hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Polar Research Institute of China/Handout via Xinhua)
Members of China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition team play a game aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the southern hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Zou Duowei)
A flag-raising ceremony is held aboard Xuelong to mark its crossing of the equator, Nov. 9, 2026. China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong crossed the equator and entered the Southern Hemisphere for China’s 43rd Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Zou Duowei)
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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.…
