Across China: Beijing

New Antarctica station

China will set up a new observatory station in Antarctica within two years, reported the Xinhua News Agency. Wu Jinyou, Party secretary with the Polar Research Institute of China, said on Wednesday that the 25th Chinese Antarctic expedition starting in October will mainly focus on building a new station on Dome A for further exploration.

Dome A is a plateau 1,200 km inland, and is thought to be one of the coldest naturally occurring places on Earth with temperatures dropping to -90 C.