China's Antarctica expedition team arrives in Argentina

The polar expedition ship Xuelong (Snow Dragon) berths in the harbor of Ushuaia, southern Argentina, Jan. 7, 2005. Members of the Chinese Antarctica research team aboard Xuelong arrived here on Friday and were welcomed by Argentine local government officials and Chinese embassy officials. The Xuelong will stay in Ushuaia for three days for replenishment and then go back to Zhongshan (Dr. Sun Yat-sen) Station, one of the two stations China built on the continent in the 1980s.

Zhang Zhanhai (C), head of the Chinese Antarctica research team, receives the greeting decree from an Argentine local government official (L) in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, Jan. 7, 2005.

Yuan Shaohong (1st L), captain of the polar expedition ship Xuelong (Snow Dragon), introduces the operation board to an Argentine local government official (2nd R) in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, Jan. 7, 2005.