By YUMI NAKAYAMA/ Staff Writer
December 31, 2019 at 14:15 JST
Masaki Tsutsumi, center, the leader of the 60th Japanese research expedition to Antarctica, welcomes Shigeru Aoki, left, the leader of the 61st research expedition, and Shusaku Takeuchi, right, captain of the Shirase icebreaker, to Syowa Station on Dec. 30. (Yumi Nakayama)
SYOWA STATION, Antarctica--Soon after a helicopter of researchers took off from the frozen waters off Antarctica, a red-brownish patch of land became visible. [Read More]
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