Since their first discovery of meteorite on Jan. 1, 2006, the explorers with China's 22nd Antarctica expedition have found 150 meteorites on the Grove Mountains till 10:00 pm Jan. 7 local time or 1:00 am Jan. 8 Beijing Time.

Some of the meteorites discovered are of rare types. The biggest one weighs 901g, according to Dr. Ju Yitai, captain of the team stationed on the Grove Mountains.

Meteorite collection is an import mission for the explorers.

They aim to increase China's collection of Antarctica meteorites and discover new and special types. Besides, they are also seeking unknown meteorite-intensive areas in the enrichment areas formed through glacier movement and melt.

Dr. Ju said meteorite collection is the main task for his team in the first 20 days.

With improving weather, most team members have joined the collection apart from other work. In the past couple of days, they picked as many as 30 pieces each day. On Jan. 7, in particular, 70 pieces were found.

By People's Daily Online