(EyesonSci)CHINA-SHANGHAI-42ND ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION-START (CN)

(251101) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members of the scientific expedition team bid farewell to their relatives, friends and colleagues on China's polar research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 1, 2025. China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team set sail from Shanghai on Saturday.

During this expedition, a suite of new technologies will be deployed and tested in the icy wi