One of only 8 churches on the continent of Antarctica, the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church is at the Russian Bellingshausen Station on King George Island, since 2004. It is staffed by monks year-around.

King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, 120 km (75 miles) from mainland Antartica, has the best harbors on the continent and hosts the bases (or “research stations”) of Korea, Peru, Poland, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, China and New-Zeeland. 

By Jens Bludau – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20091629

By José Valenzuela Arce – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65436213

By Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador – AQ Isla Rey Jorge, Iglesia Ortodoxa 1203 (5), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126766203

For all things Antartica, read the Crystal Desert by David G. Campbell.