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Interview of Dr. Huigen Yang Director of the Polar Research Institute of China and Leader of CHINARE
05.01.2009
Dr. Huigen Yang was interviewed by Jean de Pomereu aboard the Xue Long as it sailed from Antarctica to Australia during the last week of December 2008.
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Antarctica Rules Zhongshan at Last
03.12.2008
In an age of jetting across continents and oceans, oblivious to the forces that lie below us, it feels a little frustrating to be marooned in sea ice, unable to move forward and, at this stage, with little prospect of moving backwards. However, as the days pass, that is what…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Close Call
01.12.2008
It all started in 1910 with Captain Scott and the loss of a tracked vehicle as it was being unloaded from his expedition ship, the Terra Nova. Since then the history of polar research and exploration has been littered with stories of vehicles dropping through sea ice, sometimes with tragic…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Plato and the Future of Astronomy at Dome A
28.11.2008
If Antarctica lives on in our minds as perhaps the most distant and otherworldly of all Earthly environments, than it is all the more remarkable to see how, in recent years, it has itself become a privileged vantage point from which to observe and research other worlds.
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: So near So Far
24.11.2008
The pursuit of science in Antarctica has always been a human and logistical challenge. Not many fields of research are as dependent on a combination of environmental conditions, human ingenuity, and logistics. There is no easy way to get to Antarctica, and ice - which defines the continent - remains…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Barrier of Sea Ice
18.11.2008
Last night as the sun shone and the Xue Long gently weaved its way through the ice floes towards Zhongshan Station, what can be described as a motivational, team-building ceremony was held onboard in anticipation of what will be the most important and testing Antarctic campaign ever for the Chinese.…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Southern Ocean
17.11.2008
Last night was party night on board Xue Long, playing all sorts of games, the rules of which remain a mystery to me. But today at around 55 degrees south, soon after crossing the Antarctic Convergence (the imaginary line separating the warmer waters of the mid-latitudes with the colder Antarctic…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Xue Long (Snow Dragon)
14.11.2008
Xue Long (Snow Dragon) is by all accounts the most famous ship in China: The distinctive red hulled vessel charged with turning China's Polar ambitions into reality and propelling this rising superpower to the edges of the Earth, in the same way that it's nascent breed of astronauts are busy…
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Pandas and Snow Dragons: Chinese Polar Research during the IPY and Beyond
20.07.2007
The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 is a catalyst for nations to significantly increase their investment and level of activity in polar research. Among those that have risen to the challenge, few are more noteworthy than China, a country that, at a key time in its history and economic development,…
