Several members of the ice detection team walk on the ice to search for routes while China's ice breaker Xuelong or "Snow Dragon" is blocked by thick ice around the Antarctica during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on November 24, 2008.

China's ice breaker Xuelong or "Snow Dragon" is blocked by thick ice around the Antarctica during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on November 24, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency November 27, 2008)