TO STUDY CHANGES IN CLIMATE

The $50 billion CPEC passes through PoK, over which India conveyed its protest to China

The area covers Karakoram mountain ranges, including the Siachen glacier

The last expedition of similar scale in Qinghai-Tibet plateau, regarded as roof of the world, was conducted in the 1970s

This time, the expedition will last 5-10 years and the first stop will be Serling Tso, a 2,391-square-km lake