There’s a volcano in Antarctica spewing $6,000 worth of gold dust per day — but you can’t get there

From nypost.com

That’s so metal. An active volcanic mountain in the frigid Antarctic is blowing a small fortune’s worth of gold into the atmosphere every day, IFL Science reported — now, all you have to do is get there. Mount Erebus, which joins Deception Island as the only two of 138 active volcanoes in Antarctica, is known for expelling pockets of gas containing roughly 80 grams of crystallized gold daily, worth about $6,000, according to experts. The presence of the pricey dust has been recorded as far as 621 miles away from the planet’s southernmost lava-spewer, which tops out at 12,448 feet. But, the precious metal is ... (full story)