# China completes 16th Arctic expedition with new findings

https://mins.news/en/item/81286

- CGTN, 2026-09-30 04:04 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-30/China-completes-16th-Arctic-expedition-with-new-findings-1QR2sX3GdPO/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China’s icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2 have returned to Shanghai after a three-month Arctic expedition that produced several scientific advances. Researchers recorded stronger subsurface Pacific warm-water inflow into the Canada Basin, identified a large hydrothermal plume area along the Gakkel Ridge, found many juvenile polar cod and gathered new evidence about the Arctic lithosphere’s electrical structure.