中国首艘自主建造极地科考破冰船在江南造船厂开工   2016-12-21

 

CONSTRUCTION started yesterday on China’s first self-built research vessel and icebreaker at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard.

It is being described as the world’s first icebreaker capable of breaking thick ice with both its bow and stern.

The vessel, numbered H2560, will set off for Arctic and Antarctic expeditions from 2019 in a fleet with the nation’s current main sole icebreaker Xuelong, which was renovated from a Ukrainian vessel.

 

 

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