On Nov. 5th, Mr. Zhou Minghua from Merchant Marine College of SMU joined China's 29th South Pole Scientific Research Team as the Chief Engineer of "Xue Long" Polar Scientific Research Ship.
Shanghai Maritime University has signed a cooperative agreement with the Polar Research Institute of China in 2008. In the last few years, dozens of teachers of SMU has boarded "Xue Long" Polar Scientific Research Ship for the polar researches.