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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/



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A Once-In-A-Lifetime Kosher Catered Trip To Antarctica!
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #300 on: December 18, 2018, 06:17:40 PM »
How many of you did the plunge? 12?
More, though not sure exactly.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #301 on: December 18, 2018, 08:11:08 PM »
Feel for you guys. Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day.

Why is everyone so seasick on the way back as opposed to the way there? Less waves then?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #302 on: December 18, 2018, 08:15:34 PM »
Went into complete shock. Couldn't move a limb. One of the dumber things I've done in my days.

Probably should have gone feet first rather than head first, but I'd never have gone under if I slowly went in.
How did you get out?
You were rescued or came to your senses to do it by yourself?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #303 on: December 18, 2018, 08:25:13 PM »
Went into complete shock. Couldn't move a limb. One of the dumber things I've done in my days.

Probably should have gone feet first rather than head first, but I'd never have gone under if I slowly went in.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #304 on: December 18, 2018, 08:34:27 PM »
How did you get out?
You were rescued or came to your senses to do it by yourself?
Managed to pull it together and grab a hand back onto land.
Not my cup of tea. The initial shock to the system is awful.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #305 on: December 18, 2018, 08:55:25 PM »
Managed to pull it together and grab a hand back onto land.
Not my cup of tea. The initial shock to the system is awful.
SF looked like it was just another day at the beach/mikva. :)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #306 on: December 18, 2018, 09:08:09 PM »
I did indeed. Should be used for enhanced interrogation methods.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #307 on: December 18, 2018, 09:10:22 PM »
SF looked like it was just another day at the beach/mikva. :)
His mikve is normally 28 degrees?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #308 on: December 18, 2018, 09:22:17 PM »
His mikve is normally 28 degrees?
So I guess this was worse than the ice bucket challenge?

Did you nominate 3 people to do the plunge?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #309 on: December 18, 2018, 09:36:31 PM »
Went into complete shock. Couldn't move a limb. One of the dumber things I've done in my days.

Probably should have gone feet first rather than head first, but I'd never have gone under if I slowly went in.
Head first as in a dive? That's crazy

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #310 on: December 19, 2018, 12:08:28 AM »
Can't even imagine the mesirus nefesh jews had for mikvah in Russia and Europe during the winter months probably less than 100 years ago.... Stories are told that in certain cities they needed to break the ice to toivel!

When breaking through the ice, the water isn't as cold (at least on a lake).

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #311 on: December 19, 2018, 12:55:37 PM »
What's on the itinerary for today? It looks like you are almost back, but the schedule originally had you guys only arriving tomorrow morning?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #312 on: December 19, 2018, 04:18:47 PM »
(at least on a lake).
Freshwater freezes at a higher temperature than salt water.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #313 on: December 19, 2018, 05:41:15 PM »


HT: @Something Fishy for the pic...
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #314 on: December 19, 2018, 05:43:00 PM »


HT: @Something Fishy for the pic...
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #315 on: December 19, 2018, 05:45:58 PM »
Alol :D

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« Reply #316 on: December 19, 2018, 05:58:47 PM »


HT: @Something Fishy for the pic...

Had they come in their hats and jackets it could have been look at that tall penguin
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #318 on: December 19, 2018, 11:45:50 PM »
Dinner with a view of the Beagle Channel

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #319 on: December 19, 2018, 11:55:34 PM »
Hugging it out SF style

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