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Look at Qwark Expeditions for the fly over options.

I wish I could remember the company I saw that was featured on a TV show. It flew to Antarctica missing the Drake Passage to King George Island and there was even a built in component whereby you arrived in South America several days before incase your planned schedule flight was canceled because of bad weather, so you could go another day and not miss your boat. Here is one company I found just now. https://www.aurora-expeditions.com/expedition/antarctic-peninsula-fly-the-drake/ ( I’m not sure we are supposed to post direct links)
SeaLord is joking about carrying your suitcases for a mile.
My feeling is that Tauck will eventually have a fly option.
If like me, Antarctica does not excite you for other reasons than the Drake Passage, then I recommend an extensive trip to Patagonia. We went with Tauck several years ago and loved it. We wanted to go again and recently returned after traveling with another company which visited many more places including Tierra Del Fuego, Martillo Island where we walked amongst two types of penguins ( with no snow and ice and no poop smell) and our day at the Perito Moreno glacier also included the boat ride right up to the glacier, Valparaiso…These being some of the highlights. The tour includes hikes, even up the sides of a volcano, so you have to be fit. PM me if you would like more details.
But like I said, I’m sure Tauck will offer a flight option someday. I suggest people call Tauck and express interest in this.
For me, going to Antarctica just because it completes a visit to all seven continents is not a good enough reason.

I’m not going to do someone else’s homework, but I looked at this option a couple years ago. You can avoid the Drakes Passage, but you cannot avoid the boat. The place where the airplane lands, and the place where you board the boat are not the same … there is no Uber. The trip I looked at required the guest to walk with their luggage for a mile or so after landing to get to the boat. Perhaps that is no longer the case, but it sounded pretty ‘sporty’ for an older person. It was also quite expensive. We had rougher seas near the Antarctic Peninsula than anything we experienced during the crossing of the Drake’s Passage, but we had an unusually smooth crossing. I would suggest that if seasickness is a serious problem, Antarctica might not be your trip. You might also consider that the only way you are getting off this ship is in a Zodiac boat … and then you will wade ashore.