Xuelong 2 comes across polar animals in Southern Ocean

Seals are seen on floating ices near China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, in the Southern Ocean on Dec. 19, 2019. China's first domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 came across many polar animals in the Southern Ocean on Thursday during its maiden voyage for the country's 36th Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)