Domestically built icebreaker enters service

Xuelong 2 to bolster China's capacity in polar research and expeditions

China's second - and the first domestically built - research icebreaker, Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, entered service in Shanghai on Thursday.

The ship was delivered to its user - the Polar Research Institute of China under the Ministry of Natural Resources - at a commissioning ceremony at Jiangnan Shipyard Group, which built the vessel.