Dayang Yihao (Ocean No. 1), a Chinese research vessel, left Qingdao for its 19th ocean tour on Monday morning.
China's most advanced research vessel, which completed a global research tour in 2005, will sail across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean on its 220-day mission.
Over 130 people will participate in the mission divided into six segments that ends on August 15.
Scientists will specifically pay attention to the investigation of sea-floor hydrothermal activity during the tour.
(CRIENGLISH.com Jan. 8, 2007)
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