An Antarctic researcher at a remote Russian science station has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing his colleague in a sudden outburst of violence. 
 
 According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, Sergey Savitsky attacked his fellow scientist on October 9, possibly after experiencing an emotional breakdown, stabbing him at least once. 
 
 The two men had been living and working together for six months at Russia’s Bellingshausen station on King George Island, more than 500 miles off the southern coast of Argentina. 
 
 Interfax reported that the attack took place at the station’s canteen. The agency said Savitsky deliberately targeted his colleague, named only as B, and went after him with a knife. The attacker later surrendered to the station manager without resistance. 
 
 The injured researcher was sent for medical treatment in Chile while Savitsky was placed under house arrest at the base until December 8. Russian authorities have not yet commented on the attack, The Guardian reported. 
 
 The Bellingshausen station, built in 1968, was one of the first Antarctic research facilities established by the Soviet Union. It is named for the the 19th-century Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen. 
 
 The base sits 650 feet from Chile’s primary Antarctic outpost, the Frei facility. Several other stations are nearby, including Chile’s Escudero center, Uruguay’s Artigas base and China’s Great Wall outpost. Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, South Korea and Poland also maintain permanent stations on King George Island. 
 
 Early Antarctic research outposts were spartan affairs made of simple, cheap materials, designed for survival but not for comfort. But as more nations establish stations of their own, the sophistication of such missions has increased. The largest permanent mission remains the American McMurdo research station, which has a peak summer population of 1,200 people. 
 
 Investigating crimes committed in Antarctica poses unusual challenges. The 1961 Antarctic Treaty states that the continent belongs to no one nation. Argentina, Australia, the U.K., Chile, France, New Zealand and Norway all have territorial claims on the icy land, though none are recognized by the treaty. 
 
 Around 30 nations, including the U.S. and Russia, maintain research teams in Antarctica either seasonally or year-round. Each country’s jurisdiction is generally accepted at its own facilities. 
 
 In this case, because the crime took place at a Russian base and involved Russian researchers, Savitsky's home country will take responsibility. Some observers have proposed a new Antarctic treaty to produce a unified criminal code that all residents of the continent could adhere to. ||||| caption View from the church near Bellingshausen Station. source EuroNews/YouTube 
 
 Russian Antarctic researcher Sergey Savitsky is charged with attempting to murder his colleague on October 9. 
 
 The knife attack reportedly happened at the very remote Bellingshausen station on King George Island, run by Russia. 
 
 Savitsky is now under house arrest until December 8, and is cooperating, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday. 
 
 One source told Interfax he could have stabbed the unnamed man because he was sick of being cooped up there. 
 
 A Russian polar researcher stationed at an extremely remote base in Antarctica was charged with the attempted murder of a colleague on October 9. 
 
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 A report from Russian news agency Interfax said on Tuesday Sergey Savitsky was accused of stabbing an unnamed man in the chest with a knife at the Russian Antarctic station Bellingshausen, located on King George Island. 
 
 caption Bellingshausen station. source Google Maps. 
 
 A second Interfax report on Tuesday said Savitsky had now been placed under house arrest until 8 December. 
 
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 Savitsky stabbed the man at least once in the dining room of the Russian Antarctic station, and aimed to kill him, Interfax quoted the Joint Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg as saying. 
 
 A source with knowledge of the incident told Interfax, Savitsky "surrendered on his own and without resistance to the station manager," and also "did not object to house arrest." 
 
 caption Bellingshausen is located on the northern edge of Antarctica, south of Peru. source Google Maps. 
 
 The source said the incident likely happened because the pair spent such a long time in close proximity to each other, and Savitsky snapped. The victim has not yet been named. 
 
 The injured person is currently in a hospital in Chile, Interfax reported, as Chile is the closest mainland. 
 
 The Bellingshausen research station was set up by the Soviet Union in 1968 and is named after a 19th-century Russian Antarctic explorer, Interfax also reported. 
 
 It is not known when Savitsky is due to attend court. ||||| This article is over 2 months old 
 
 Suspect placed under house arrest after alleged attack at Bellingshausen station on King George Island 
 
 A researcher at Russia’s Antarctic station has allegedly stabbed and injured a colleague, possibly after an emotional breakdown, the Interfax news agency has reported. 
 
 The alleged attack occurred on 9 October in the canteen of Bellingshausen station on King George Island, the agency said on Tuesday. It said the suspect had voluntarily surrendered to the station manager without resistance. 
 
 The news agency separately reported in court proceedings that a man named Sergey Savitsky had been placed under house arrest until 8 December, charged with attempted murder at the station. 
 
 “According to the investigation, on October 9 in the dining room of the command of the Russian Antarctic station Bellingshausen, located on King George Island, to kill B using a knife as a weapon, Savitsky deliberately struck B at least one blow to the body,” it reported. 
 
 The agency quoted a source saying the pair had been living together in the station for more than six months. 
 
 The injured researcher has been sent to a hospital in Chile. 
 
 The Bellingshausen station was founded by the Soviet Union in 1968 and is named after the 19th-century Russian explorer of the Antarctic. 
 
 There has been no immediate comment from the Russian authorities.
– A researcher at Russia's remote Bellingshausen station allegedly stabbed a colleague earlier this month, the Guardian reports, citing the Russian-language Interfax news agency. Investigators say that the researcher, identified as Sergey Savitsky, wielded a knife on Oct. 9 and "deliberately struck [his colleague] at least one blow to the body" in the station's dining room. The injured man has been hospitalized in Chile, while Savitsky is on house arrest facing an attempted murder charge, per Business Insider Nordic. Bellingshausen station is located in the Antarctic on King George Island, some 500 miles from Argentina, according to Newsweek. A source tells Interfax that Savitsky may have snapped after living in such close quarters for such a long time (reportedly more than six months), per Business Insider. Some 30 countries have research teams in Antarctica, per Newsweek, which notes that investigating crimes there can be tricky since, based on a 1961 treaty, no country has a claim on the continent. (NASA captured an image of an unusual iceberg.)