China's icebreaker Xuelong conducts 34th Antarctic expedition

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2017 shows a seal drawing near as the icebreaker unloads the cargo on sea ice near China-built Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, set sail from Shanghai, east China, on Nov. 8, beginning the country's 34th Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Bai Guolong)