I watched a US produced piece on Antartica. In it they mentioned the US tries to stop people from flying to Antartica or over it. The probability that they’ll make it is very low as the weather can change in moments. We’re not talking ordinary weather. We’re talking some of the most challenging flight conditions on the planet. If they go down the base there is required to mount a rescue attempt, which can be very dangerous for the people tasked with going out in bad weather. The base is not funded or staffed to run off and spend time, money and incredibly expensive materiel to rescue some idiot trying to get YouTube clicks. These are mostly scientists and some maintenance contractors with other jobs.
The obvious solution is to tell people if they do stupid stuff, they’re likely going to die. Then, let them die. Apparently, there’s some bit of international law requiring a rescue attempt.
I remember following FR threads of the lead up to Al Gore’s Live Earth concert on every continent for July 7th 2007.
Climate expert Al Gore picked July 7th as the whole world would be in summer mode and the Antarctic would be greened up for the concert.