The claim: 'Man' can't advance more than 500 kilometers past Antarctic 'ice wall' A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall ...

China is looking to expand its presence in Antarctica by resuming construction on the country’s fifth station in the region. "While the station can provide tracking and communications for China ...

China announced that its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica began operations ... to push the country towards becoming a "polar great power." The National Atmospheric Background ...

China opened its fifth station in Antarctica on February 7, 2024. The new Qinling station, located on Inexpressible Island in the Ross Sea, joins the existing Great Wall (Antarctic Peninsula), ...

The clean-up and site restoration of a New Zealand research station in Antarctica has provided valuable lessons on the ...

China has opened its fifth Antarctic research station starting operations in ... Taishan, Kunlun and Great Wall — with two of them also year-long stations like Qinling. Construction of Qinling ...

Once that is completed in 2024, China will enjoy the same number of permanent research stations in Antarctica (Great Wall, Zhongshan, and Ross Sea New Station) as the United States (Amundsen-Scott ...

The scientists recalled that three decades ago it was late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping who sent the first team to Antarctica. China's 31st Antarctic expedition, consisting of 281 team members, is ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday inaugurated its Ross Sea scientific research station ... Antarctica that it previously built from 1985 to 2014 - Zhongshan, Taishan, Kunlun and Great Wall ...

Qinling is also situated near the permanently inhabited U.S. McMurdo station. China has four other research stations in other parts of Antarctica that it previously built from 1985 to 2014 - Zhongshan ...