The most uncommon continent

Antartica...how awesome would it be to go there?  In a moment of big dreaming with a wish of unlimited funds, I looked up cruises that go there.  There are indeed ships, mostly more industrial looking ones, that cruise there for curious tourists like me.  The costs range by ship and line and duration, but I think they were around $3,000 or more. I haven't researched it in awhile, so I'm not sure how accurate that figure is.  But if sometime in the future I want extreme adventure and have that money, I'm game. How many people can say they've been to Antartica?  I'd love to see it's pristine beauty and wildness.