Perched atop a scree hill north of the village, a Russian Orthodox church keeps watch over the Antarctic outpost Villa Las Estrellas. It was built in 2002 from wood shipped from the Siberian city of Altay and its bells were brought from Vladimir, a city east of Moscow
The climate crisis, geopolitical upheaval, a burgeoning tourism and an ever-extending list of interests and actors are straining relations on King George Island