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China is building its second icebreaker domestically

By Atle Staalesen, The Barents Observer September 28, 2017

As China’s one and only icebreaker – the «Xuelong» (Snow Dragon) returns from this year’s comprehensive Arctic voyage, the country presents the name of its second soon-to-be vessel of the kind.

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