Chinese research vessel returns home with valuable deep-sea specimens

The Chinese research vessel Exploration 2 returned home on April 26 with the deep-sea manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior), completing the first leg of the 2022 marine survey in the northern South China Sea. Many sediment samples, bottom water, rock specimens and biological samples were collected at depths ranging from 1,573 to 3,689 meters.