The 34th Antarctic expedition team on the Xuelong on Monday (local time). (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
China's 34th Antarctic expedition team on Tuesday successfully carried three large engineering and industrial equipment. They are the crawler excavator, wheel loader and crawler crane, which are critical for the establishment of China's fifth Antarctic research station. The heaviest equipment weighs 28 tons, which can only be transported by skiff and barge rather than helicopters.
China's 34th Antarctic expedition team transports large engineering and industrial equipment with the help of an excavator. (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
Xuelong shipborne crane carries a crawler crane on a barge to Inexpressible Island. (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
A crawler excavator is transported to Inexpressible Island. (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
Inexpressible Island on Tuesday (local time.) (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
China's 34th Antarctic expedition team transports the crawler excavator to Inexpressible Island. (Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong)
(Compiled by Lu Fangzhu)