Qu Tanzhou is the director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration

Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration

The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration is a Beijing-based agency of the People's Republic of China's State Oceanic Administration...

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In 2007 Qu Tanzhou was the director of China's Polar Office of the State Oceanic Administration.

According to The Age

The Age

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 in January 2010 Qu Tanzhou was part of a high-level delegation of senior officials that traveled to the Antarctic

Antarctic

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, led by Xu Shaoshi

Xu Shaoshi

Xu Shaoshi is the current Minister of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China.Xu was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in December 1974....

, China's Minister for Land and Resources.
The delegation travelled aboard the Xue Long, China's icebreaker

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Jo Chandler, writing in The Age, interviewed Qu when he visited Australia

Australia

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's Antarctic Casey Station

Casey Station

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