By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-24 09:42:43 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:33:29
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A Chinese research ship with one of the most advanced submersibles in the world has made a stop in Hong Kong for the first time after finishing a mission exploring seamounts in the Western Pacific.
Shenhai Yihao, the mother ship of the Jiaolong submersible, docked at the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday, where it will remain for two days.
Scientists on the mission are scheduled to give four lectures at the Hong Kong Science Museum and hold a seminar to present their latest findings.
“This is not only an opportunity to exchange scientific research results, but also allows more Hong Kong citizens, especially young people, to realise the country’s outstanding development in deep-sea research,” Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said at a welcome ceremony.
The ship recently concluded a 45-day research mission to explore seamounts – underwater mountains that are among the least-surveyed places on Earth. It collected more than 600 biological samples and found a dozen potential new species.
