New Chinese icebreaker
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China plans to build a new icebreaker for polar expeditions as its Snow Dragon remains stuck in Antarctica after rescuing passengers from a Russian vessel.
According to Qu Tanzhou, director of the State Oceanic Administration’s Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, designs for the vessel are in process after gaining official approval.
“The new icebreaker will be shorter and be equipped with blades both at the bow and the stern, which will be able to open ice 1.5 meters thick,” said Qu.
Designed mainly for field research instead of transporting supplies, the new icebreaker will also have a better power system, larger decks and laboratories.
It will be a “mobile research station,” said Qu.
Put into use in 1994, the Ukraine-built Snow Dragon was designed for transporting supplies to China’s research stations in the Antarctic. It can break ice that is 1.2 meters thick.
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