"Kexue-III", an expedition ship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), finished its offshore science voyage and returned to its base in China's eastern city Qingdao on June 23.
Set sail on June 15 from Qingdao, "Kexue-III" conducted inspections including oceanographic hydrological observation, observation of ocean currents and meteorology, observation of halobios and ecological chemistry, sampling of ocean sediments in the northern part of China's Huanghai Sea in the 1,200-kilometre travel.
This is the second phase of the investigation. Completion of the voyage sees the ending for China's offshore spring sharing investigation of 2009.
The expedition ship is one of three research vessels of the Institute of Oceanology, CAS (IOCAS). Currently, IOCAS owns 3 vessels: Kexue-I, Jinxing-II and Kexue-III.
