This recent photo shows a Chinese scientist aboard icebreaker Xuelong pulls a underwater robot out of the Arctic Ocean at 84 degree north latitude on the country's third scientific expedition to the North Pole. The robot named North Pole ARV is the first Autonomous and Remote operated Vehicle (ARV) developed independently by China. [Photo: Xinhua]
![This recent photo shows a Chinese scientist aboard icebreaker Xuelong pulls a underwater robot out of the Arctic Ocean at 84 degree north latitude on the country's third scientific expedition to the North Pole. The robot named North Pole ARV is the first Autonomous and Remote operated Vehicle (ARV) developed independently by China. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080909/001109b42f980a3054183e.jpg "This recent photo shows a Chinese scientist aboard icebreaker Xuelong pulls a underwater robot out of the Arctic Ocean at 84 degree north latitude on the country's third scientific expedition to the North Pole. The robot named North Pole ARV is the first Autonomous and Remote operated Vehicle (ARV) developed independently by China. [Photo: Xinhua]")