China's new Antarctica expedition to conduct drilling experiments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "During this expedition, China plans, for the first time, to conduct scientific drilling experiments in lakes deep in the Antarctic inland ice sheet," Wei Fuhai, leader and chief scientist of China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team, told Xinhua.
56% : Several countries, including the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), have carried out drilling in the continent to explore its natural resources.
55% : Antarctic subglacial lakes are characterised by extreme conditions, including high pressure, low temperature, darkness, and oligotrophy, hosting a unique ecosystem and preserving rich archives of ice-sheet history and climate change.
53% : "Using domestically built hot-water and thermal-melting drill systems, we will carry out clean drilling and sampling through ice more than 3,000 meters thick," Wei said.

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