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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 224698 times)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #380 on: December 26, 2018, 02:39:33 PM »
Great DO today. Nice to get a first, sneak peek, of some of the amazing pictures to come.



All right who booted me from monsey group  >:(

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #381 on: December 28, 2018, 12:18:42 PM »
Let the purge begin.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #382 on: December 28, 2018, 01:52:09 PM »
OK, removed over 300 off-topic and random posts.

Moved the discussion about being the "first" cruise to its own thread here.

Moved the discussion about freeloading on kosher cruises to the existing thread on that topic here.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #383 on: December 30, 2018, 11:43:47 AM »
How was the wifi onboard the Antarctica cruise ship? super slow, regular, shotty at times? looking to do Antarctica in the future but wifi is important for the business. I'm assuming cell phone service is out of the question?!

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #384 on: December 30, 2018, 11:51:49 AM »
How was the wifi onboard the Antarctica cruise ship? super slow, regular, shotty at times? looking to do Antarctica in the future but wifi is important for the business. I'm assuming cell phone service is out of the question?!

Thanks-
Was much better than airline wifi, though it did go down from time to time. Cell phone VOIP/video chat worked fine.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #385 on: December 30, 2018, 12:11:26 PM »
Was much better than airline wifi, though it did go down from time to time. Cell phone VOIP/video chat worked fine.
I emailed AA that the wifi I paid on the flight was worse then the ship and got a refund (I seriously had issues with the WiFi on the flight)

The ship got 4Mbps that was shared with everyone

Regarding if it's important for your work, the program didn't give me 10 minutes to work, except maybe Tuesday

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #386 on: December 30, 2018, 04:16:48 PM »
Ship wifi was much more than I expected for basic, non-data-intensive usage. Even better was that the $10 24-hour code never managed to expire and lasted me the entire trip!

Those who needed more reliable connectivity brought satellite phones on the trip, which I think rent for about $5 a day plus $.50 a minute for calls.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #387 on: December 30, 2018, 04:24:32 PM »
Even better was that the $10 24-hour code never managed to expire and lasted me the entire trip!
A true Chanuka miracle!
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #388 on: December 30, 2018, 04:26:45 PM »
A true Chanuka miracle!
chanuka 2018: WiFi that was supposed to last for 1 day lasted for 8 days!

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #389 on: December 30, 2018, 04:29:57 PM »


Those who needed more reliable connectivity brought satellite phones on the trip, which I think rent for about $5 a day plus $.50 a minute for calls.

More like $1.89 per minute plus only works outside with a clear sky

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #391 on: December 30, 2018, 11:42:59 PM »
OK, removed over 300 off-topic and random posts.

Moved the discussion about being the "first" cruise to its own thread here.

Moved the discussion about freeloading on kosher cruises to the existing thread on that topic here.

And PenguinBOT can now officially retire.
how is this thread still so long?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #392 on: December 31, 2018, 12:20:03 AM »
how is this thread still so long?

Banter that is relevant and/or interesting.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #393 on: December 31, 2018, 12:37:29 AM »
For how long will the "LIVE" live on?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #394 on: December 31, 2018, 01:06:11 AM »
What was the Drake passage like?

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #395 on: December 31, 2018, 07:23:11 AM »
What was the Drake passage like?

The way there was relatively calm, thank G-d. The way back was lunch-regurgitating.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #396 on: January 02, 2019, 04:18:46 AM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #397 on: January 02, 2019, 08:27:08 PM »
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #398 on: January 02, 2019, 10:42:32 PM »
You have a yiddish interview before you completed your TR on your website?
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #399 on: January 02, 2019, 10:43:44 PM »
You have a yiddish interview before you completed your TR on your website?

No, I do ;D
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