The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Palmer Lloyd is a connoisseur of rare and expensive things, coveting to the extent of spending embarrassing amounts of money to own them. Now he wants to own a meteorite, one found in South America, waaaayyyy south, down by Cape Horn in fact. He hires the"A" team (Effective Engineering Solutions, EES for short) to retrieve it and Dr. Sam McFarlane to co-lead the expedition. Preston and Child write yet another page-turning thriller that this reader couldn't put down. Interesting conclusion, too. Sandy Penton.