The reporter learned from the press conference on the return of China's 41st Antarctic Expedition Team and "Xuelong" held in Shanghai on the 8th that the Chinese 41st Antarctic Expedition Team successfully completed its main tasks, creating multiple "firsts" in the history of China's Antarctic exploration. According to Wang Jinhui, the interim party secretary, leader, and chief scientist of China's 41st Antarctic Expedition, the expedition team carried out the construction of supporting facilities and equipment at Qinling Station, and for the first time applied a clean energy system that complements wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage. They also conducted the first wintering expedition at Qinling Station, ushering China's Antarctic expedition into the era of "three wintering stations". Currently, 43 team members are carrying out wintering tasks at Qinling Station. During the winter mission from March to November this year, they will continue to advance the internal engineering of the main building and the installation of pipeline systems at Qinling Station, and carry out final work such as overall system integration and testing, functional module integration, etc. The 41st Chinese Antarctic Expedition has achieved a number of important scientific research results through on-site investigation, monitoring, and scientific research, setting multiple "firsts" in the history of China's Antarctic expeditions. For example, in Antarctic ecological research, the "Southern bottlenose whale" was first observed; Conducting active source seismic exploration for the first time in the inland region of Antarctica; The first joint experiment between broadband hyperspectral microwave radiometer and ground was conducted; For the first time, long cylindrical piston gravity sampling was conducted in the Amundsen Sea, obtaining sediment cores of 8.67 meters. Wang Jinhui said that currently, the "Xuelong 2" is still conducting autumn voyage research missions in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. This is also the first time that China has carried out such missions, which will help people understand the sea ice air interaction, ecosystem processes, biological population survival strategies, and carbon burial in the Ross Sea during the "weak light dark" season in autumn, and collect valuable first-hand scientific data and samples. (New Society)