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Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)

Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) rather than just read about it. In short: Zhongshan Station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn) is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on 26 February 1989. Overview Zhongshan Station is named after Sun Yat-sen, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1912.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Zhongshan Station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn) is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on 26 February 1989.

Overview Zhongshan Station is named after Sun Yat-sen, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1912. It is managed by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC). It is located in the Larsemann Hills by Prydz Bay in East Antarctica, and is near the Russian Progress II Station and the Romanian Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station. The station can accommodate 60 summering personnel and 25 wintering personnel. It is a base for research on marine, glaciological, geological, and atmospheric sciences and for expeditions inland, such as to the Kunlun Station at Dome A. It is supplied by annual visits of the support vessel Xue Long. The station also hosts a ground station build by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.

History Four years after establishing the Great Wall Station, China's first research base in Antarctica, Guo Kun led another expedition to Antarctica, with the mission to establish a second base. The team set out from Qingdao in November 1988 on the ship Jidi. After reaching Prydz Bay in Antarctica, the ship encountered a major icefall in the night of 14 January 1989. She missed being directly hit by ice by just two or three meters, and became trapped by icebergs for seven days. Many team members wrote their wills and were ready to die. The icebergs shifted on the seventh day and temporarily created a 30-meter-wide opening, and the team escaped. The opening lasted for just two hours before being closed again. The team proceeded to construct the Zhongshan Station at Prydz Bay in only 28 days, and it was opened on 26 February 1989. In January 2010, the station was visited by a delegation that included Xu Shaoshi, China's Minister for Land and Resources and Qu Tanzhou, director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration.

See also Australian Antarctic Territory List of Antarctic research stations List of Antarctic field camps

References

External links

Official website Polar Research Institute of China Archived 2019-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Official website Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration Archived 2019-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)

In research: Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1989 establishments in Antarctica, Buildings and structures completed in 1989, China and the Antarctic, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) in simple terms?

Zhongshan Station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn) is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on 26 February 1989. Overview Zhongshan Station is named after Sun Yat-sen, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1912.

Why does Zhongshan Station (Antarctica) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zhongshan Station (Antarctica).