CCTV9英语新闻：“雪龙”号脱离束缚仅需4小时 避开冰山是关键（在线收听）

Earlier, we spoke to Zhang Beichen, a senior member of China's Antarctic Scientific Expedition on board the icebreaker Xuelong. He was also on the ship when the Xuelong freed itself. He said there was a lot of excitement when the ship finally got free.

"I was on duty at that time, on the place how Xuelong went out to open water, before that, Xuelong had been trying very hard to break the ice, and make larger space and turning from northwest to east more than ten hours. Thanks to the wind from west. The ice is about 3 meters and 1 meter snow, more space for Xuelong to move forward. Water channel suddenly appear in front of the Xuelong, this channel helps that to open water. 10 members shook hands with each other and hugged with each other to celebrate this moment," Zhang says.