Antarctica, the Land of Confucius and Mao
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Amundsen and Scott may have to share billing with Confucius and Mao Tse-tung when China publishes a new map of Antarctica in 2007.
Chinese researchers back from a four-month expedition said 46 newly surveyed Antarctic islands would receive Chinese names, state media said Wednesday. Scholars, politicians, emperors and artists figured high on the 160-name shortlist. Zhao Yue, a scientist on the expedition, said Chinese names should be featured because of China’s independent survey of the Grove area, a mountainous area in Antarctica’s eastern extreme.
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