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Live trip report begins in the beginning of this thread and continues (amid a fair amount of banter) until post #321 here.

Regular trip report begins here.



Other people's trip reports:

@chff: https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=101296.0

@Dan:
Original Post for the trip: https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/join-lifetime-kosher-catered-trip-antarctica/
Intro to trip: https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/follow-me-to-antarctica/
Part 1: https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/trip-notes-antarctica-part-1-buenos-airesplanning-positioning-adventure-lifetime/
Part 2: https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/antarctica-trip-notes-part-2-flying-end-world-southernmost-chanukah-party-ushuaia/
Part 3: https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/shabbat-shalom-southernmost-shabbos-earth/



Related DDF Threads:

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Kosher Catered Trip To Antarctica!
A Once-In-A-Lifetime Kosher Catered Trip To Antarctica! FOMO support group

Antarctica Cruise Raffle
Antarctica Raffle #2, Fill Out This Form If You Would Like To Join A DDF Raffle!
New Antarctica Cruise Raffle! Win A Superior Cabin
Another Antarctica Raffle!

"First" in Antarctica?
Polar Zmanim On The Antarctic Cruise
Antarctica TR: the trip after Dan

Author Topic: Live Antarctica Trip Report  (Read 223184 times)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #160 on: December 13, 2018, 11:11:19 AM »
@Dan how are you celebrating Hei Teves down there?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #161 on: December 13, 2018, 12:44:57 PM »
@Dan how are you celebrating Hei Teves down there?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #162 on: December 13, 2018, 12:54:57 PM »
@Dan how are you celebrating Hei Teves down there?
With copious amounts of wine

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #163 on: December 13, 2018, 12:57:09 PM »
With copious amounts of wine

Feh! Hei Teves! Nothing with less than a 40% alcohol content should be allowed.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #164 on: December 13, 2018, 01:13:43 PM »
How many DDFers are on this trip? Seems like only 4 @Moishebatchy @Dan @Something Fishy @chff

Did I miss anyone?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #165 on: December 13, 2018, 01:23:38 PM »
@Dan how are you celebrating Hei Teves down there?

Teaching Tanya to the penguins, naturally.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #166 on: December 13, 2018, 01:25:01 PM »
Feh! Hei Teves! Nothing with less than a 40% alcohol content should be allowed.
At the moment we are high on alcohol to counter balance the movement of the ship

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #167 on: December 13, 2018, 06:52:08 PM »
Any status pics today?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #168 on: December 13, 2018, 06:59:08 PM »





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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #169 on: December 13, 2018, 07:04:25 PM »

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« Reply #170 on: December 13, 2018, 07:06:45 PM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #171 on: December 13, 2018, 07:53:57 PM »
It was.
Not to make a big deal about an issue nothing to do with the trip but
Huh? They were on the boat already this past M"S?
I actaully saw people doing Kiddush Levnah tonight in J-lem. Confused since I thought you're supposed to do it on M"S. Is their something with Teves that you do it before?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #172 on: December 13, 2018, 07:56:27 PM »
Not to make a big deal about an issue nothing to do with the trip but
Huh? They were on the boat already this past M"S?
I actaully saw people doing Kiddush Levnah tonight in J-lem. Confused since I thought you're supposed to do it on M"S. Is their something with Teves that you do it before?
In the winter people tend to do it earlier.
Chasidim who normally wait for zayin, do gimel in the winter.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #173 on: December 13, 2018, 07:57:19 PM »
Bummer. No IG stories from either of them.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #174 on: December 13, 2018, 07:59:54 PM »
Bummer. No IG stories from either of them.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #175 on: December 13, 2018, 08:00:18 PM »
In the winter people tend to do it earlier.
Chasidim who normally wait for zayin, do gimel in the winter.

Got it; thanks that makes sense since it was a Chasidish shul that doing it tonight.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #176 on: December 13, 2018, 08:20:19 PM »
Whatsapp is giving food and this
Correct, but nothing on IG from either of them.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #177 on: December 13, 2018, 09:55:39 PM »
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We are officially in Antarctica!
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« Reply #178 on: December 13, 2018, 10:05:04 PM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #179 on: December 13, 2018, 10:08:42 PM »
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We are officially in Antarctica!
What’s up (down) with the elevation?


Ketchup?

I'd never expected that kind of blasphemy from such food aficionados!

Though I wouldn't mind some of that PATRÓN (or is that something else?). And those shot cups are absolutely Hei Teves appropriate.   ;D
« Last Edit: December 13, 2018, 10:15:19 PM by ExGingi »
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