A member of ice detection team sinks into the ice 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]
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 sinks into the ice 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/site1007/20081127/001109b42f730a9846d625.jpg "A member of ice detection team sinks into the ice 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]")
