What's the name of the icebreaker for polar scientific research?

The icebreaker for polar scientific research is called Snow Dragon.

China's third-generation polar icebreaker and scientific research vessel "Longxue" was built by Ukrainian Hellson Shipyard on March 25th, 1993. It is a Vitus Bering class icebreaker. China was imported from Ukraine on 1993, and was modified according to the needs of China.

Snow Dragon is the largest polar research ship in China. Snow Dragon Boat is cold-resistant, and can continuously break through the ice layer with a thickness of 1.2m (including 0.2m snow) at a speed of 1.5 knots.

1994 10 for the first time to carry out Antarctic scientific research and material transportation. "Snow Dragon" made three trips to the South Pole and six trips to the North Pole on July 201April, covering five oceans, setting a number of new records in China's maritime history.

On March 1 1 March, 2065438, China's 34th Antarctic expedition, which was carrying out a comprehensive marine survey mission in amundsen sea and its adjacent waters, went deep into the central waters of the westerlies and the cyclone-affected areas by the polar research ship "Snow Dragon" and obtained the observation data of the full-depth section of the Antarctic circumpolar current core area. 1October 29th 1 13: 09, the "Snow Dragon" crossed 66 degrees 33 minutes south latitude at a speed of 13.4 knots and entered the Antarctic circle.

On April 23, 2020, China's 36th Antarctic expedition ships "Snow Dragon" and "Snow Dragon 2" returned to Shanghai's domestic base dock, marking the successful conclusion of China's Antarctic expedition and the first "Shuanglong Polar Expedition".