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Zhao Peng: contribute to the establishment of China’s first Polar Regions marine station

“China has established its first marine station in the Antarctic,” said Zhao Peng, a senior engineer from the North China Sea Marine Forecasting Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

“Now we can get data about tides in the station and transmit them back in real time to two centers in Shanghai and Qingdao for further study,” Zhao said.

Zhao added there is still a long way to go to build a marine station in the Antarctic which can support more science tasks, due to the tough natural environment.

“The station will monitor salinity, temperature, waves as well as sea ice in the future,” Zhao said.