Visitors inspect a helicopter on the icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) which arrived at No. 3 dock at Yantian Port on Monday evening, on its first visit to Shenzhen. With an overall length of 167 meters and a beam of 22.6 meters, the polar research vessel is due to set sail on China s 27th Antarctic expedition today. The vessel is scheduled to return in April next year. Gan Yuefei
