Jiaolong carries 2nd scientist for deep-sea dive (3/3)
2013-06-19 13:53
Xinhua
Web Editor:Su Jie
China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong prepares to dive into the South China Sea, June 19, 2013. The Jiaolong manned deep-sea submersible on Wednesday carried its second scientist Qiu Jianwen, a scholar of ocean bio-diversity and fishing resource protection with Hong Kong Baptist University, as a crew member during a deep-sea dive. Jiaolong left east China's city of Jiangyin on June 10 for its first voyage of experimental application. The 113-day mission will include experiments on Jiaolong's positioning system, as well as deep-sea ecological and geological surveys in the South China Sea, biological surveying and geological sampling in the Pacific Ocean. (Xinhua/Zhang Xudong)