Being in Argentina when the local weather report says that there is a front coming from Antarctica is a bit weird. We are so used to hearing about weather coming from the Arctic and Antarctica sounds so far away.
Lots of big adverts in the press for cruises with Hurtigruten, the Norwegian company, which include flights. We went with them up into the Arctic circle and they were very good, I would imagine their Antarctic trips are also good.
the Antarctic is slowly having it's teeth drawn by climate change - but this is probably still one of the best books ever written on the place.....
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14363