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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Belgium opens new Antarctic polar research station By CONSTANT BRAND,Associated Press Writer AP - 2 hours 48 minutes ago BRUSSELS - Belgium opened a new 20 million euro ($26 million) "zero emissions" polar science station in Antarctica on Sunday, returning to the continent to study climate change 42 years after closing its first base there. ADVERTISEMENT The Princess Elisabeth research hub is totally energy self-sufficient and also aims not to emit any carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Belgian-based International Polar Foundation that runs the base. The octagonal, spaceship-like base sits on stilts on a ridge a few miles (kilometers) north of the Soer Rondane Mountains. It will focus on analyzing nearby deep ice shelves. The station's roof is covered by solar panels, designed to provide the bulk of energy needed to run the isolated post. Other energy sources will come from large wind turbines. The base is expected to have a lifespan of 25 years and will conduct research in climatology, glaciology and microbiology. Teams of scientists, including glaciologists, are already at work there from Belgium, Japan, France, Britain and the United States. The station was inaugurated Sunday by Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem and other government officials. "It is really important that as a small country we can show our participation in large international efforts here in Antarctica," De Crem told VRT television from Antarctica. Maaike Van Cauwenbergh, from the Belgian Science Policy Office, said the base is in an isolated area "where there has been little research done." She said it cost euro20 million to build and is located in a vast 600-mile (1,000-kilometer) zone between the Russian and Japanese research stations. The Belgian government partially funds the public-private project. The IPF said the new station "raises new standards" in research on the inhospitable polar continent. "The Princess Elisabeth station attests that there is growing public interest in projects carrying a message of sustainable development, especially in terms of energy management," the polar group said in a statement. "The conception of a 'zero emission' building capable of standing up to the extreme conditions in the Antarctic goes to show that similar techniques can also be deployed in more temperate areas of the world," it added. The prefabricated station took two years to move from Belgium to the South Pole, where it was rebuilt. Belgium closed its first science station in Antarctica in 1967. ___ On the Net: http://www.polarfoundation.org http://www.antarcticstation.org Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Climate Change Belgium opens new Antarctic polar research stationAP - 2 hours 48 minutes ago Clinton heads to Asia vowing to deepen bonds with USAFP - Sunday, February 15 Climate change could be even worse than fearedAFP - Sunday, February 15 Climate warming gases rising faster than expectedAP - Sunday, February 15 Related Articles: World UK-World SummaryReuters - 43 minutes ago Basketball helps Obama exercise, relieve stressAP - 47 minutes ago Afghanistan joins US 'war on terror' reviewAFP - 59 minutes ago Baby-faced dad, 13, raises "broken Britain" fearsAP - 1 hour 3 minutes ago Venezuelans vote on lifting term limitsAFP - 1 hour 15 minutes ago Related Full Coverage climate change climate change All Full Coverage Most Popular – World Viewed Seductive chemicals hidden in sloppy kisses Climate change could be even worse than feared Swiss banks go back to basics Saudi king shakes up government In defence of bonuses: experts warn on banker pay caps View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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