China has successfully concluded its 15th Arctic scientific expedition, the largest and most comprehensive polar mission the country has undertaken so far, with the icebreaker Xue Long 2 returning to its homeport in Shanghai on September 26. The Ministry of Natural Resources described the mission as a milestone in China’s Arctic exploration.
The summer expedition spanned two months and involved four vessels: Xue Long 2, Ji Di, Shen Hai Yi Hao, and Tan Suo San Hao. An additional ship, Zhongshandaxue Ji Di, operated by Sun Yat-sen University, also visited the Arctic.
Together, these ships carried out extensive marine surveys across the Chukchi Plateau, Canada Basin, and the central Arctic Ocean north of Russia, including multidisciplinary studies along the sea ice edge and three-dimensional coordinated observations of atmosphere-ice-ocean systems.
In early August, China achieved a milestone when its manned submersible Jiaolong, launched from the research vessel Shen Hai Yi
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