Polar Research Institute of China

The Polar Research Institute of China (simplified Chinese: 中国极地研究中心; traditional Chinese: 中國極地研究中心; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jídì Yánjiū Zhōngxīn) (PRIC) is the main Chinese research institute for the study of the Earth's polar regions. It is based in Shanghai, China.

The Institute manages four polar research stations (three in Antarctica and one in the Arctic), as well as the icebreaking research vessel Xuě Lóng.^[1]

Stations

Station	Location	Date of Establishment	Accommodation
Antarctic Great Wall Station	King George Island, west Antarctica	10 February 1985^[2]	80 summer, 40 winter
Antarctic Zhongshan Station	Larsemann Hills, east Antarctica	26 January 1989^[3]	60 summer, 25 winter
Arctic Yellow River Station	Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway	28 July 2004^[4]	staffed: December 11, 2003 through February 25, 2004
Antarctic Kunlun Station	Dome Argus, east Antarctica	27 January 2009	24 summer
Antarctic Taishan Station	Princess Elizabeth Land, east Antarctica	8 February 2014	20 summer

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