New Swabia (Neuschwabenland) is an area of Antarctica between 20�E and 10�W in Queen Maud Land. It was explored by the German Antarctic Expedition which discovered ice-free areas with warm fresh-water lakes and vegetation. In 1943, German Navy Grand Admiral Karl D�nitz stated: "The German submarine fleet is proud of having built for the F�hrer in another part of the world a Shangri-La on land, an impregnable fortress."