A Chinese icebreaker ship crashed into an iceberg at the South Pole

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• In a burst of irony, a Chinese icebreaker crashed into an iceberg over the weekend.
• The Xue Long, which was traveling at relatively low speeds at the time, collided with an iceberg obscured by thick fog in western Antarctica's Amundsen Sea on Saturday.
• The ship suffered some damage, but the crew was unharmed.

The Chinese icebreaker research ship Xue Long (Snow Dragon) crashed into an iceberg over the weekend, according to Chinese media.

The ship collided with the iceberg on Saturday in western Antarctica's Amundsen Sea, which was apparently shrouded in fog at the time of the crash, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday, citing a report from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

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