AGB Xuelong / Snow Dragon
| Ship name | Snow Dragon |
| owner | China Polar Research Center |
| Port of registry | China Shanghai |
| builder | Ukraine Kherson Shipyard |
| Construction day | January 1, 1990 |
| Completion date | March 1993 |
| Acquisition date | March 1993 |
| Renovation | 2007 |
| current state | in active service until 2019 |
| Ship type | Scientific research ship (icebreaker hull type) |
| Displacement | 21,250 tons |
| full length | 167 meters (548 feet) |
| Full width | 22.6 meters (74 feet) |
| Draft | 9 meters (30 feet) |
| Ice sailing | 1.2 meters @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) (Class A 2) |
| speed | 17.9 knots (33.2 km / h) 1.1 meters of ice @ 3 kilometers per hour |
| Endurance distance | 12000nmi (22,000 km) |
| Crew |
34 crew members 128 passengers or researchers |
| aircraft | a helicopter |
| Flight facility | Helicopter deck |
| Comment | 100 m 2 (1,100 sq ft) laboratory space |
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