Bellingshausen Station is a Russian, formerly Soviet Antarctic station in Collins Harbour. King George Island. Soviet redirects here. ... King George Island or ÃŽle du Roi Georges or Isla 25 de Mayo or Isla Rey Jorge or Isla Veinticinco de Mayo or King Georges Island or König Georg Insel or Waterloo Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, situated at 62°23′ S 58°67...

It was one of the first research stations founded by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1968. It is also the place of the Trinity Church, the first church ever build in Antarctica. The Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition used three large tractors and four sledges on the journey from Vostok to the South Pole The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (Russian: Советских Антарктических Экспедициях, САЭ) was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Trinity Church in Antarctica Trinity Church (Russian: ) is a small Russian Orthodox church on the King George Island near Russian Bellingshausen Station in Antarctica. ...