Russia opened Bellingshausen station 50 years ago, on 22 February 1968. The first Russian Antarctic station on the West Antarctica coast was named after Russian sailor and Antarctic researcher Fabian von Bellingshausen. Bellingshausen is the northernmost Russian Antarctic station. Is was founded by the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition on King George Island of the South Shetland Islands.
The archipelago is separated from the Antarctic Peninsula by the Bransfield Strait and from South America by the Drake Passage. Unique geographical, geological, glaciological and biological studies of the Ice Continent are made here.
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Due to mild climate and relatively easy reach from the mainland, research work and geographical, geological, glaciological and biological studies of the Ice Continent are continuously conducted at the station.
Trinity Church in Antarctica is located at the station, the southernmost Orthodox church on the planet, where worship regularly takes place.