It looks like the expedition leader is a “Global Warming” now “Climate Change” entrepreneur. He set up a couple of businesses to profit off of the scare.
Kind of hard to keep your “scientific objectivity” when you only profit if the scare is kept going.
I do not know if has actually made any money off of this stuff, but someone is paying for this expedition.
I'd say the effects of "climate change" are pretty well established as: "Damn, Antarctica is f'ing COLD!"
And to which I'd reply: "Where is your global warming "god" now? BWAHAAHAAA!"