Lower temperatures help prevent the degradation of the media that leads to normal data loss so some in the discussion pointed out that burying the devices in the ground could extend their useful life.
"He's very shy, a normal fellow, a family person who leads his own life and feels it's none of the public's business, " says Jerry Seslowe, chairman of Resource Holdings, a private investment firm in Manhattan he started with Anschutz and the late billionaire Jay Pritzker.