Xinhua photos of the day

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong 2 stopping in dense ice floes in the Cosmonauts Sea. The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong 2 with members of China's 36th Antarctic expedition team will head to travel through "roaring forties" from Cosmonauts Sea on Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)