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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
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 224825 times)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #440 on: January 27, 2019, 07:03:39 PM »
Seen in my Shul's shaimos box. Now I'm wondering which member of our small community went.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #441 on: January 27, 2019, 07:08:25 PM »
Seen in my Shul's shaimos box. Now I'm wondering which member of our small community went.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #442 on: January 27, 2019, 09:20:03 PM »
Seen in my Shul's shaimos box. Now I'm wondering which member of our small community went.

Not sure if I should be honored or insulted ;D.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #443 on: January 27, 2019, 09:38:08 PM »
Not sure if I should be honored or insulted ;D.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #444 on: January 29, 2019, 12:40:53 PM »
PM sent. (If you'll be insulted then maybe you shouldn't read the PM. :P)

Whoevwer hated the trip most is probably the guy who tossed the bentcher.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #445 on: January 29, 2019, 12:53:44 PM »
Whoevwer hated the trip most is probably the guy who tossed the bentcher.
Or it was the guy who didn't feel like having to explain to every shabbos guest that he spent $20k to go. I have nothing against going, but I can certainly understand why one would want to keep it quiet.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #446 on: January 29, 2019, 12:55:54 PM »
Or it was the guy who didn't feel like having to explain to every shabbos guest that he spent $20k to go. I have nothing against going, but I can certainly understand why one would want to keep it quiet.

dropping the bencher off doesn't help

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #447 on: January 29, 2019, 12:57:20 PM »
dropping the bencher off doesn't help
Why not? He's getting rid of the one piece of evidence that might very well end up on his shabbos table.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #448 on: January 29, 2019, 01:29:46 PM »
FWIW, I was at a shabbos table this week hosted by a guest on the cruise. She took out 8 such benchers, apparently collected from what others left behind on the ship.

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #449 on: January 29, 2019, 01:32:31 PM »
FWIW, I was at a shabbos table this week hosted by a guest on the cruise. She took out 8 such benchers, apparently collected from what others left behind on the ship.

We brought along over 100. Everyone got one in their gift bags, and then we put out the rest during the Shabbos meals. Most people took home a bunch.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #450 on: March 02, 2019, 05:36:51 PM »
Even the kids got an Antarctica TR

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #451 on: April 10, 2019, 11:14:38 PM »
So one of the stops we made was to Argentina's Base Brown station. I'm editing pictures now and the opportunity was just too good to pass up:



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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #452 on: April 10, 2019, 11:33:17 PM »
ALOL. Just great, and flawless editing!
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #453 on: April 11, 2019, 02:00:57 AM »
ALOL. Just great, and flawless editing!

Yeah amazing, fits right in!

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #454 on: April 11, 2019, 04:54:22 PM »
Send it in to Ami for the sequel article! :)

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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #455 on: April 11, 2019, 04:55:38 PM »
Send it in to Ami for the sequel article! :)
I bet they'll post it as if it was legit.
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #456 on: April 11, 2019, 05:00:23 PM »
I bet they'll post it as if it was legit.
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« Reply #457 on: April 11, 2019, 05:01:54 PM »
Send it in to Ami for the sequel article! :)

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Send it in to Ami for the sequel article! :)
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Re: Live Antarctica Trip Report
« Reply #459 on: April 11, 2019, 05:38:04 PM »
Even better would be if you Photoshop in that pic of Levi putting tefillin on Andrew behind the sign, and maybe also Harper with his yarmulke ... even though he was separated from our group. :)