Shows like this could be a way to get real academic expedition funding though. Give up a bit of cred to let them tell their story, and you get a week on a resea

Shows like this could be a way to get real academic expedition funding though. Give up a bit of cred to let them tell their story, and you get a week on a research vessel paid for by television viewers to collect all the data you want. Personally, I would be pitching their show my exploration and field research proposals. Hell, do a real science television show and just bring one of these guys along to make it entertaining enough for everyone to watch, and use it to fund real science going on in the background instead of junk science.