Local residents visit China's Antarctic exploration vessel, "Snow Dragon," at Kaohsiung Port in southeast China's Taiwan Province, April 3, 2009. The vessel opened to the public on April 2 and 3, after it arrived at Kaohsiung on April 1 at the invitation of the "National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium," the "National Sun Yat-sen University" and the Cheng Shiu University for cross-Strait polar research exchanges. [Yu Fuqing/Xinhua]