The coldest, highest, windiest, driest place on Earth. The Worst Journey in the World. But why go at all, There IS a South Pole. And the United States plants a new one every year since the Polar Glacier moves about 30 feet annually. You don't need a visa to go there.
Nobody owns the land.
Presumably, Antarctica is what everywhere else was like before we mucked it all up. No wars, no traffic, no recalcitrant boyfriends. As the problems of everyday life increase, people are drawn to Antarctica because it's so different. But of course the price of maintaining the pristine beauty is eternal vigilance. Human activities in Antarctica are governed by the international Antarctic Treaty, which includes extremely stringent environmental and wildlife regulations.