This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2015-09-10 07:52
Item from Sept 10, 1999, in China Daily: Chen Liqi, head of the scientific expedition team in the ship Snow Dragon, answers questions from reporters yesterday after arriving at Xinhua Harbor in Pudong New Area of Shanghai ... The team completed a journey of 14,180 nautical miles from the North Pole ...
After the 71-day scientific research project in the Arctic, China's first in the area, the 124 researchers brought back a wealth of research findings.
China has conducted six Arctic expeditions since 1999.
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