Budget consideration is very important.

We did Antartica on Siliversea in November/December 2021. It was a long one, 18 days. !28 passengers. They dont really do it anymore. Chile had just come out of lockdown, and we were the 2nd ship out. Has to sail from Puerto Natales. Now it's mostly from Port Williams. They also do fly sail, ( shorter) but weather departures make them dicey.

There are really no guide books. Depending on the ship you sail on, depends on what you see and do. The Silversea ship we were on had sea kayaking, Zodiac landings, so its a called and Expedition sailing. There are a few lines who do these expeditions with landings. there are also ships who do just "sail by's". The larger mass market lines, and the smaller non-expedition ships.

I believe the Ponant Charcot ship? goes the farther into the Antarctic/ Arctic circles It's $$$$$$. None are cheap.

We have done Expedtions to the Arctic, Galapagos, and Antarctica. Ask more questions if you have some.