ගැඹුරු මුහුදේ වැඩපෙන්වන චීනයේ ජියාඕලොං

China’s Jiaolong submersible retrieves deep-sea marine life samples

China's Jiaolong manned submersible finished its ninth dive of the 2024 Western Pacific International Voyage Scientific Expedition on Wednesday, retrieving five typical deep-sea marine life samples.

The dive took place in an ocean basin in the West Pacific, reaching a maximum depth of 4,706 meters and lasting approximately five hours.

During the dive, scientists photographed about ten different species of sea sponges and collected samples of sea cucumber, starfish, coralline, and more.

Jiaolong is China's first independently designed and integrated 7,000-meter-class manned submersible, and has set a diving record of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in June 2012.

The International Voyage Scientific Expedition, estimated to last for 45 days, is organized by the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association under the Ministry of Natural Resources and implemented by the National Deep Sea Center. One of the highlights of the expedition is that, Jiaolong, for the first time, is scheduled to carry eight international scientists for underwater operations.

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