A scientist removes equipment from a shallow-sea subsurface mooring system on China's icebreaker Xuelong at the North Pole on September 8, 2008. The system was installed one month ago to collect hydrological data of the region. [Photo: Xinhua]
![A scientist removes equipment from a shallow-sea subsurface mooring system on China's icebreaker Xuelong at the North Pole on September 8, 2008. The system was installed one month ago to collect hydrological data of the region. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080909/001109b42f980a3053dc3c.jpg "A scientist removes equipment from a shallow-sea subsurface mooring system on China's icebreaker Xuelong at the North Pole on September 8, 2008. The system was installed one month ago to collect hydrological data of the region. [Photo: Xinhua]")