Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, China's first domestically built polar icebreaker, is moored at a port in Shanghai, east China, July 15, 2020. Chinese scientists set off for the 11th Arctic expedition Wednesday aboard Xuelong 2, the country's first domestically built polar icebreaker, departing from Shanghai. It is the first scientific expedition to the Arctic for Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, after it completed its first Antarctica expedition in April. It is expected to return to Shanghai in late September after a trip of 12,000 nautical miles. (Polar Research Institute of China/Handout via Xinhua)
