A member of ice detection team measures the depth of the snow on ice with a stick while searching for routes for the blocked China's ice breaker Xuelong or "Snow Dragon" 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.
![A member of ice detection team measures the depth of the snow on ice with a stick while searching for routes for the blocked China's ice breaker Xuelong or 'Snow Dragon' during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on Nov. 24, 2008. [Liu Yizhan/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081127/001109b42f730a9846dc2b.jpg "A member of ice detection team measures the depth of the snow on ice with a stick while searching for routes for the blocked China's ice breaker Xuelong or 'Snow Dragon' during her 25th expedition to Antarctica, on Nov. 24, 2008. [Liu Yizhan/Xinhua]")
