China's Antarctic exploration vessel, the Snow Dragon, or Xuelong in Chinese, arrives at the Kaohsiung Port in southeast China's Taiwan Province, on April 1, 2009. The Snow Dragon arrived in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Port on Wednesday at the invitation of local academic institutions to have cross-Straits polar research exchanges. [Xinhua]

China's Antarctic exploration vessel, the Snow Dragon, or Xuelong in Chinese, berthes at the Kaohsiung Port in southeast China's Taiwan Province, on April 1, 2009. The Snow Dragon arrived in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Port on Wednesday at the invitation of local academic institutions to have cross-Straits polar research exchanges. [Xinhua]