Of the five Antarctic research stations China operates, the Qingling station covers a research radius of 300 to 500 kilometers. According to He Jianfeng, a researcher at the Polar Research Institute ...

More than 50 countries operate research bases across Antarctica ... stations. China, which established its first permanent station in 1985, has grown its footprint to five research bases.

China announced that its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica began operations ... the Chinese Communist ...

China in February opened its Ross Sea scientific research station in Antarctica. It also has five other research stations in Antarctica that were built between 1985 and 2014.

With a scientific research journey scheduled to last for more than five months, the expedition's key task is building a new Antarctic station near the Ross Sea, which will be China's first ...

This is Qinling Station. It is China's fifth Antarctic base ... to match Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen whose party of five became the first to reach the South Pole the previous year, on ...

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), ...

Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trump’s funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica as China expands its presence.

China currently has five stations in Antarctica, including one that opened last year. It has now lodged plans for a new summer research station in West Antarctica — with China's Ambassador to ...