China builds first polar research ship

Chinese shipbuilding will have a new technological reference point with the polar icebreaker Xue Long 2

China is set to bolster its presence in the Antarctic research community using a sophisticated polar support vessel laid down at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and embodying Finnish design and engineering technology. David Tinsley reports.

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