Soldiers allocate the coordinates before the blast on the ice of the dangerous Minjibu Reach of the Yellow River under the bombardment in Tumd Right Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on March 22, 2010. The 1.5-meter-high ice dam filling up in the riverway was scrapped to meet the extensive ice run. [Xinhua]

The explosions are seen as they break the ice of the dangerous Minjibu Reach of the Yellow River under the bombardment in Tumd Right Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on March 22, 2010. The 1.5-meter-high ice dam filling up in the riverway was scrapped to meet the extensive ice run. [Xinhua]