Across China: Taiwan

Ship opened to public

The mainland's Antarctic exploration vessel Snow Dragon opened to the Taiwan public yesterday, and is expected to draw 2,000 people over two days.

The Snow Dragon arrived at Kaohsiung port on Wednesday at the invitation of the "National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium," the "National Sun Yat-sen University" and the Cheng Shiu University for cross-Strait polar research exchanges.