Complex sentence: So named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962--63, because of the extremely bare (of loose rock) and exposed nature of the surface; the party had difficulty collecting sufficient stones for construction of a survey beacon.
Split into simpler sentences: So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962--63, because of the extremely bare (of loose rock) and exposed nature of the surface. The party had difficulty collecting sufficient stones for construction of a survey beacon.