China will map the South Pole

China's Xuelong research ship today departs for Antarctica with the task of studying the establishment of a third scientific research station and an automatic meteorological observation station.

Chinese scientists once explored Antarctica.

During this 130-day trip, China will give the 40 Chinese names for the first time and draw a map of 1 / 500,000 for this land.

The cruise will include Grove Mountain, one of the rare virgin lands in the world and also where many meteorites have not been studied.

One goal of the team is to bring back a lot of meteors to bring China to the second place in terms of the number of meteorites that can be owned, which is above the US and only behind Japan.

According to the People's Daily, China is the first country to explore science in Mount Grove. Researching these meteorite pieces will help China much data for the plan to exploit space that the country has started. In previous Antarctic expeditions, China brought about 4,480 pieces of meteorites, many of them from Mars.

So far, China has set up two Antarctic science stations, Changcheng and Zhongshan. The Museum of Chinese History has placed orders for the delegation to bring back rock pieces, flora and fauna species and intends to reserve a place to introduce the expedition of the South Pole mission.