China's 5th Antarctic research station to begin construction

Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2018 shows containers on the Inexpressible Island of the Antarctic that lifted there as temporary buildings in last December. Large engineering equipments on Tuesday were transferred from China's research icebreaker Xuelong during its 34th Antarctic expedition to the Inexpressible Island, where the country's 5th research station will begin construction near the Ross Sea in the Antarctic. The new base is expected to set up within five years, and will provide year-round support for researchers conducting tasks such as observations of land, ocean, atmosphere, ice shelf and biology, establishment of an observation and monitoring network in the Antarctic, and survey of marine environmental protection. [Photo: Xinhua/Bai Guolong]