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

Antarctica Cruise Raffle
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Antarctica TR: the trip after Dan

Author Topic: Live Antarctica Trip Report  (Read 224802 times)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #220 on: December 16, 2018, 10:27:32 AM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #221 on: December 16, 2018, 11:09:55 AM »
Surprised that this trip has not gotten any media coverage in Israel or the US (even Jewish media outlets).

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #222 on: December 16, 2018, 11:13:15 AM »
Surprised that this trip has not gotten any media coverage in Israel or the US (even Jewish media outlets).
Why? I understand why it is big on DDF but other than that what's the big deal?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #223 on: December 16, 2018, 11:21:57 AM »
Why? I understand why it is big on DDF but other than that what's the big deal?
Historical trip for Orthodox Jews.
Either way, doesn't take much for them to cover a story like this. If it will bring them another few hundred clicks, it's worth it. I believe they simply haven't heard about it....

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« Reply #224 on: December 16, 2018, 11:23:56 AM »
Historical trip for Orthodox Jews.
Either way, doesn't take much for them to cover a story like this. If it will bring them another few hundred clicks, it's worth it. I believe they simply haven't heard about it....
"Historical"? You expect this to part of history in 100 years?  :)
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #225 on: December 16, 2018, 11:25:14 AM »
"Historical"? You expect this to part of history in 100 years?  :)
We'll talk in 100 years...

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #226 on: December 16, 2018, 11:29:27 AM »
We'll talk in 100 years...
...you will be talking to yourself as I won't be here in a 100 years.  ;)
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #227 on: December 16, 2018, 11:34:16 AM »
"Historical"? You expect this to part of history in 100 years?  :)
No, historical as in the way millennials view historical. The first time they've seen it
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« Reply #228 on: December 16, 2018, 11:37:06 AM »
No, historical as in the way millennials view historical. The first time they've seen it
That makes more sense.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #229 on: December 16, 2018, 11:46:17 AM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #230 on: December 16, 2018, 11:54:19 AM »
"Historical"? You expect this to part of history in 100 years?  :)

This will likely be the first of many.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #231 on: December 16, 2018, 12:02:25 PM »
"Historical"? You expect this to part of history in 100 years?  :)
I guess that since these days EVERYTHING is historic .......
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #232 on: December 16, 2018, 12:06:41 PM »
First time people get to go on land?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #233 on: December 16, 2018, 01:19:34 PM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #234 on: December 16, 2018, 02:18:18 PM »
where can i see morris hershko status? his ig account hs nothing new
You need to have him add your phone number to his phone and you need to add his..
Good luck getting that done before he returns from the trip.

That's (one reason) why his statuses are being posted here.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #235 on: December 16, 2018, 03:20:25 PM »
How do the guys on the cruise have internet access? I thought they were just going to have text-only email and all we'd get is text updates on DDMS and some snippets from the PenguinBot (who- of all creatures- seems to have fallen overboard or something) but we seem to be getting a near-steady stream of pics and now even videos.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #236 on: December 16, 2018, 04:44:00 PM »
How do the guys on the cruise have internet access? I thought they were just going to have text-only email and all we'd get is text updates on DDMS and some snippets from the PenguinBot (who- of all creatures- seems to have fallen overboard or something) but we seem to be getting a near-steady stream of pics and now even videos.
Somehow we figured out that they installed a new internet service, we just couldn't confirm it till like a few days before

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #237 on: December 16, 2018, 06:47:48 PM »
whats sf's instagram handle?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #238 on: December 16, 2018, 06:54:35 PM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #239 on: December 16, 2018, 07:23:51 PM »
Thoroughly enjoying this (even the comments from the peanut gallery). Keep it coming!