Fun fact: back in the day, one such expedition was funded by the chocolatier who founded my high school. (Also, there's a chunk of Antarctic rock sitting outside the Royal Society of Victoria) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macpher...
Macpherson Robertson - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgAlison RobinThe only people funding Antarctic expeditions anymore are private investors from old money who belong to weird social societies. These rich guys are just obsessed with recreating some expedition from the 30's that only found a couple fossils. I don't get it.