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. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Dec 28, 2017 shows a penguin walking past icebreaker Xuelong near China-built Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Dec 9, 2017 shows a penguin at Inexpressible Island in Terra Nova Bay of the Ross Sea in Antarctica. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 2, 2018 shows a seal near China-built Zhongshan station in Antarctica. [Photo/Xinhua]