男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

  Home>News Center>China
       
 

Explorers conquer 'inaccessible pole'
By Guan Xiaofeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-01-18 23:09

Chinese polar explorers have become the first people to reach the summit of the highest icecap in Antarctica, Dome A, planting their flag there at 3.16 am Beijing time Tuesday.

Qu Tanzhou, director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, said the 12-man expedition had been working for several days to pinpoint the exact location of the peak.


An undated handout map shows the location of Chinese polar explorers. [newsphoto]
They have recorded it as 80:22:00 degrees south latitude and 77:21:11 degrees east longitude, 4,093 metres above sea level.

An automatic weather observatory that uses satellites to transmit signals has just been built near the Dome A summit after the 12-man expedition reached the area on January 9, Qu said.

The expedition has drilled through the ice 100 metres down and will collect samples to study.

The explorers will stay in the area for 10 to 15 days and then return to their base at Zhongshan Station on the southeast coast of Antarctica, where they embarked on December 14, 2004 and covered 1,200 kilometres inland.

Another important task for the expedition is to choose a site for China's permanent research station in the Dome A area, a project planned for the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10).

China has already built two research stations, the Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station, but neither of them is located in inland Antarctica.

Far away from the coastline in inland Antarctica, Dome A has a rigorous climate and a dangerous reputation. It has been named "the inaccessible pole."

The Dome A Inland Icecap Programme was the primary mission of China's 21st Antarctic expedition, which started from Shanghai on October 25, 2004.

China had made four expeditions to Dome A before this, with the third in 1999 covering 1,176 kilometres and coming closest to Dome A.



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Embassy confirms 8 Chinese kidnapped in Iraq

 

   
 

Explorers conquer 'inaccessible pole'

 

   
 

China: Island dispute should be solved via talks

 

   
 

PetroChina reports record oil production

 

   
 

Taiwanese applaud charter flight pact

 

   
 

32 Chinese stowaways found in LA container

 

   
  Embassy confirms 8 Chinese kidnapped in Iraq
   
  Taiwanese applaud charter flight pact
   
  Farm tax scrapped in 22 Chinese provinces
   
  32 Chinese stowaways found in LA container
   
  PetroChina reports record oil production
   
  Plan intends to make life better for Beijingers
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 江安县| 偏关县| 汕头市| 兴城市| 东阿县| 卢氏县| 喀喇沁旗| 临夏市| 华安县| 新平| 鸡东县| 黔西县| 迭部县| 宝丰县| 启东市| 和龙市| 宁海县| 柳河县| 竹北市| 观塘区| 白银市| 德昌县| 大冶市| 肇东市| 星座| 瓮安县| 淮滨县| 梅河口市| 屯昌县| 遂平县| 宁晋县| 江达县| 万安县| 沙河市| 固镇县| 阿坝| 台江县| 长汀县| 静海县| 伊金霍洛旗| 财经|