Malaysian King Visits Two Attractive Locations In Antartica

From Mudanoran Mushaari SCOTT BASE (ANTARCTIKA), Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysian King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin visited two attractive locations in Antarctica on Wednesday before ending his visit to the South Pole. The King visited the Switzerland Fish Research Centre, which conducts research on the blood content and anti-blood clot system of the various species of fish that inhabit the ocean in Antarctica. He was accompanied by Academy of Sciences Malaysia Antarctica Taskforce chairman Salleh Mohd Nor and the Environment Division director of New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, Caroline McDonald. The royal entourage also visited the McMurdo Station, a facility managed by the United States Air Force. The King, accompanied by Chief Executive of Antarctica New Zealand Lou Sanson, then left for Pegasus Ice Runway Airport to depart to Christchurch, New Zealand on a US air force Hercules C130, piloted by Major Paul Bernasconi. Present to greet the King on his arrival at the Christchurch Airport were the Malaysian High Commissioner to New Zealand, Mazlan Muhammad, and officers at the High Commission. Also accompanying him from Antarctica were Commanding officer of the 13th Air Force, Joint Task Force-Security Force Antarctica, Lieutenant General Ted Kresge, and about 10 international scientists and researchers who had completed their task in the South Pole. -- BERNAMA