[Don Corleone]

The observatory, located 1,400 metres underground near the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, cost more than 270 million dollars, according to the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

For God's sake....WHY?

[NormsRevenge]

A sensor descends down a hole in the ice as part of the final season of IceCube. (Photo: NSF/B. Gudbjartsson)

The IceCube team poses in front of the deployment tower following completion of the IceCube Neutrino Detector. (Photo NSF/C.Carpenter)