On May 4, at the summit of Mount Everest, scientific expedition members collect ice and snow samples.
At noon that day, 13 Everest expedition members successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest.
This is the first time that my country's Mount Everest scientific expedition has exceeded 8,000 meters above sea level, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of scientific investigation and research on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
On the summit of Mount Everest, the scientific expedition team completed the erection of the highest automatic weather station in the world, and also used high-precision radar on the "top of the earth" for the first time to measure the thickness of snow and ice on the peak.
According to reports, the scientific expedition team will conduct a number of scientific investigations and researches in the follow-up.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency special correspondent Solang Dorji
Release time: 2022-05-04 18:14:55 【Editor: Li Jun】