Nations join hands for Antarctic study

Memorandum with Australia will expand cooperation at South Pole

China and Australia vowed to deepen cooperation in Antarctica with a memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday.

The memorandum was signed in the presence of President Xi Jinping and Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Hobart, Australia, when Xuelong, China's only icebreaker, was berthed at the port city to take on supplies on its 31st mission to Antarctica.