China In Antarctica

China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.

Australia on Tuesday announced plans to boost its presence and surveillance operations on Antarctica, unveiling a US$575 million package designed to match China's growing interest in the pole.

Australia's flagship icebreaker has arrived home for repairs after running aground in Antarctica, as the government thanked international teams from China, Japan and the United States for helping to evacuate the expeditioners on board.

Creation of a vast marine sanctuary in Antarctica's "Last Ocean" inched closer at international talks today as China for the first time backed the proposal, officials said, with Russia understood to be the last holdout.

Polar scientists said on Thursday they had successfully drilled a 2,000-year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet's climate has evolved.

A Chinese ship that helped rescue passengers from a Russian vessel stranded in Antarctica only to get stuck in the ice itself may soon have a shot at breaking free, state media reported on Tuesday.

China plans to build a new and improved icebreaker for its ambitious polar expeditions even as efforts are on to free its veteran vessel, Snow Dragon which remains stuck in Antarctica.

Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them.

China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, as the country steps up its increasingly far-flung scientific efforts.

A Chinese factory fishing ship caught fire on Wednesday just off the coast of Antarctica and 97 crew members were rescued by a nearby Norwegian vessel as Chile's military mobilized to prevent any environmental damage.

China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.

Australia on Tuesday announced plans to boost its presence and surveillance operations on Antarctica, unveiling a US$575 million package designed to match China's growing interest in the pole.

Australia's flagship icebreaker has arrived home for repairs after running aground in Antarctica, as the government thanked international teams from China, Japan and the United States for helping to evacuate the expeditioners on board.

Creation of a vast marine sanctuary in Antarctica's "Last Ocean" inched closer at international talks today as China for the first time backed the proposal, officials said, with Russia understood to be the last holdout.

Polar scientists said on Thursday they had successfully drilled a 2,000-year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet's climate has evolved.

A Chinese ship that helped rescue passengers from a Russian vessel stranded in Antarctica only to get stuck in the ice itself may soon have a shot at breaking free, state media reported on Tuesday.

China plans to build a new and improved icebreaker for its ambitious polar expeditions even as efforts are on to free its veteran vessel, Snow Dragon which remains stuck in Antarctica.

Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them.

China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, as the country steps up its increasingly far-flung scientific efforts.

A Chinese factory fishing ship caught fire on Wednesday just off the coast of Antarctica and 97 crew members were rescued by a nearby Norwegian vessel as Chile's military mobilized to prevent any environmental damage.