Yangtze River ** Wuhan Client, February 7 (Reporter Wang Yang, intern Liu Yuting) Open the map of China, from the Great Wall Jiayuguan to the Qinling Mountains, a total of more than 1,400 kilometers by car. And in the southernmost part of the earth, from the "Great Wall" to the "Qinling Mountains", Chinese polar scientists have walked for 40 years.
China has established 5 scientific research stations in Antarctica, 4 of which are in the Antarctic Circle, namely Zhongshan Station, Kunlun Station, Taishan Station, and Qinling Station, all of which have mountains or are related to mountains in their names.
Professor Ai Songtao, deputy director of the China Antarctic Surveying and Mapping Research Center at Wuhan University, said that the Zhongshan station was named in honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen; Kunlun Station was voted by netizens to name it, because the station is located at the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet, and the name Kunlun Station has the meaning of majestic Kunlun, but it is not actually a mountain. The name of Taishan Station was also voted for by netizens.
What is the significance of the naming of Qinling Station? Long Wei, deputy director of the Polar Expedition Office of the State Oceanic Administration, once explained: First, the Qinling Mountains are an ancient mountain range that runs through the central part of China, the north-south dividing line in China's geography, and an important symbol of China's geographical, historical, and cultural diversity. Second, the Qinling Mountains have developed water system and a gathering of plants, which is the "North-South Biological Species Bank" and "Natural Medicine Bank", and the only crested ibis nesting place on the earth, which is a typical representative of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, which is in line with the design concept of green, environmental protection and energy saving of the new station, and can show the good image of China's emphasis on Antarctic environmental protection and the practice of the "green investigation" international initiative.
Editor: Ding Hui].
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