Guo Kun

After graduating from the Harbin Institute of Military Technology in 1962, he initially worked in meteorology and atmospheric sounding.

The team departed Shanghai on 20 November 1984 on two ships, the Xiang Yang Hong 10 and the J121, and arrived at King George Island off the coast of Antarctica on 30 December.

As the Xiang Yang Hong 10 was not an icebreaker, the team had to leave before the end of the Antarctic summer and had only a short window of opportunity to complete their mission.

Luckily, the icebergs shifted on the seventh day and temporarily created a 30-meter-wide opening, and Guo's team seized the opportunity to escape from the trap.

[3] In his old age Guo lost the ability to walk, likely because of the extended amount of time he had spent under extreme polar conditions.