About 2,000 citizens visit the China's icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon",at a port in Qingdao, Shandong Province, July 1, on its open day. Xuelong is set to kick off the country's fifth Arctic expedition from Qingdao on July 2. The research vessel Xuelong, an A2-class icebreaker capable of breaking ice 1.2 meters thick, is estimated to travel over 17,000 nautical miles during its 90-day voyage. [qingdaonews.com]
