Several members of the ice detection team walk on the ice to search for routes while China's ice breaker Xuelong or "Snow Dragon" is blocked by thick ice around the Antarctica during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on Nov. 24, 2008. [Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Several members of the ice detection team walk on the ice to search for routes while China's ice breaker Xuelong or 'Snow Dragon' is blocked by thick ice around the Antarctica during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on Nov. 24, 2008. [Liu Yizhan/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081127/001109b42f730a98465a11.jpg "Several members of the ice detection team walk on the ice to search for routes while China's ice breaker Xuelong or 'Snow Dragon' is blocked by thick ice around the Antarctica during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on Nov. 24, 2008. [Liu Yizhan/Xinhua]")
