Picture: Princess Elisabeth Station Antarctic's first "Zero-Emission" Base

Princess Elisabeth Station, which claims to be the Antarctic's first "zero-emission" base, entirely run on renewable energy and completely recycling all waste. The station will be situated inland, near the Sor Rondane mountains in Dronning Maud Land, not far from where Belgium maintained the "Roi Baudouin" base for a decade following the last international polar year (1957-58). The station site (at 71 degrees South and 23 degrees East) is in the 1500 kilometer empty stretch between the Japanese Syowa station and the Russian Novolazarevskaya station. Commissioned by the Belgian government from the International Polar Foundation, Elisabeth is currently on public display in Brussels. It is due to reach Antarctica on Christmas Day.