Images of research stations on Antarctica About 30 nations have scientific research stations on Antarctica, mainly focusing on global warming. Among these research stations: the Chilean one (Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva), which is also home to a small civilian population, the Russian one (Base Bellingshausen) on which is located an Orthodox church, the Argentine one (Base Camara) and the Polish (Henryk Arctowski) . Stockshots.