7 Days in Antarctica (Journey to the South Pole)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Watch this video to see what it’s like to spend 7 Days in Antarctica on my Journey to the South Pole and to travel in Antarctica!
In this Antarctica Travel Vlog, you’ll see what it’s like to fly from Cape Town to Antarctica’s only private jet runway and then spend a week flying around Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land. You’ll see the luxury accommodations provided by White Desert, the incredible airplanes operating in this unforgiving environment.
We’ll fight hurricane force winds and negative 35 degree temperatures in order to visit a spot on the map that’s nearly impossible to reach. Along the way, we’ll see what it’s like to spend a week on the coldest, driest, and windiest continent.
The South Pole is the southernmost point on planet earth and that, in and of itself, is enough for me to want to visit, but there’s more. Fewer than 500 tourists visit each year. Even if everything goes perfectly - which of course it won’t - getting there just isn’t easy.
We'll fly on an Airbus A340 to Antarctica and then onboard a specially modified DC-3 called a Basler as we answer the question can you travel to Antarctica (and beyond)?
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Departing Cape Town
2:53 Arriving in Antarctica
4:02 South Pole Attempt
9:36 Emperor Penguins at Atka Bay
12:10 South Pole Attempt 2
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Music:
Armaments Yare - Bonnie Grace
Oceanic Adventure - Bonnie Grace
What Happens Them - Kikoru
A Heavy Load (Instrumental Version) - Sven Karlsson
Finding Out About Her - Philip Ayers
Arrival of the Hour - Max Anson
A Love That Once Belonged - Claude Signet
Trembling Anticipation - Dream Cave
Small Sacrifice - Alfie-Jay Winters
Twenty Eleven - Rocket Jr
Demystify - Christian Andersen
Kind of Beautiful - Gold In June
Night of Light - Colors of Illusion
Tiny Trips Away - Dag Anderson
Daydream - Luwaks
Electric Dream - Earle Belo
This Is It - Jon Bjork
Legendary Walk - Bonnie Grace
Let’s just take a moment to appreciate Jeb for all the work he does to entertain us! 🎉🎉🎉
Jeb doesn't entertain me as much as he educates me. His trips are always amazing.
Yes! Thank you for sharing this amazing trip with all of us!
He doesn't do this for us, silly human.
Thanks so much for your support! Having the opportunity to create content for this channel is one of my greatest joys!
@@GreenerGrass :D
What an ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY video Jeb!!! Thank you so much for allowing all of us to share this experience with you. As always, just an incredible production from beginning to end. (But I already knew it would be, before I even watched). Your excitement was so genuine and infectious. CONGRATULATIONS on achieving this check mark on your bucket list. ❤
I have always wanted to go and work on Antarctica. I almost accepted a contract there, but my son was born and I did not want to leave my wife and family. Have you been to Nepal? If not, why not try traveling to Everest Base Camp next? Haha, not saying you have to summit. I’d love to just travel to Kathmandu. Nice video!
So exciting! Thanks for taking us along. My entertainment for the day!
No just leave these special areas undisturbed!
Jeb, it's not just the travel but your voice and demeanor in these videos that really are soothing. Believe it or not, your videos have helped me through some rough times and always bring a smile to my face at least once a video. You really love what you do and it shows. Just wanted to say a big, Thank you! And please keep it up, which I'm sure you will 👍
Thank you so much!! I’m very glad to hear the videos have helped and I certainly hope things have turned around for you.
@@GreenerGrass Thanks, Jeb! My grandmother passed and was my best friend/travel partner. She was actually a travel agent for over 30 years back when that was still a thing haha. Your videos helped spark a need for adventure for me again after grieving. I just went to Vancouver, then Park City/ Yellowstone in the fall. Definitely doing better and thanks for the positivity and for helping spark my need for adventure to get "back on the rails!"
@@GreenerGrasshow much cost aprox
I absolutely agree! The editing and narration is top notch. I've watched other travel channels, but it's not quite the same.
Wow!!! That was absolutely sensational! What an amazing trip. Love the way you've captured it and told the story. Well done mate, will be watching this one several times over.
Thanks, Dennis! That means so much coming from you!
I was looking forward to this video and you didn't disappoint! What an incredible experience!
I know you were! Thank you so much for checking it out and so glad you enjoyed it. The Basler has to be on your “must fly” list!
When you say there is much more to come, I hope you mean more from this trip, because this video was waaay too short. 😢 On the other hand, seeing that this is a life long dream of yours, I’m not sure I would expect you to run around filming everything, but rather stay in the moment and enjoy it. You deserve that. ( Still hope there is more to come from this trip though, it’s awesome)
Thank you for braving the cold and wind to bring us your dream trip. I totally understand the nothing but white landscape as I have lived in Alaska. 😊
I agree with the video being way too short!
Seeing the penguins playing around you was sort of a surreal shot...glad you made it to the Pole, sounds like a fantastic trip!
Jeb, in the last few months I've followed you, you've skyrocketed to be my most favorite trip reporter. I absolutely appreciate your gratitude, your genuine care for getting the reports out, and your positivity. Thank you for taking us along to Antarctica and amazing video production. I'm so excited for the videos to come, keep it up!
Just want to say, It always warms my heart to see how much you appreciate and value these incredible experiences. In in a world where so many people take everything for granted, youre truly one of the good ones. Thanks for sharing such an amazing experience with us!
Wow, I had no idea random people (so long as they can afford the cost) could visit the South Pole! I’m so happy for you, that weather didn’t block this ultimate bucket list experience. Congratulations! I hope to do the same someday. 👍🏻
A cool $100k trip lol
I mean if you get work there you can go without paying. But it's basically a lotterie if you get a spot.
I don't have the words I need to describe how I feel about this video. Amazing and awesome just don't do it, but that's about the closest I can come. Thank you for sharing this with us. You always teach me something new on every video. 😊
Wow, thank you!
Without a doubt one of my all time favorite videos. What a truly incredible experience. Not only into historical aviation, but a truly once in a lifetime journey.
Hey Jeb, I randomly came across your channel about 3 years ago when you did your review about British Airways A318 across the Atlantic and have been following you ever since. Your channel is truly a unique one for anyone who enjoys travel and I so glad I subscribed after watching my first video from you. From flight reviews, to unique and special flights, and all types of other transportation, it truly is a gem among travel channels. You’ve helped me explore and find joy in all new modes of travel that have truly changed my life and I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos. That said, I’m so happy that you got to experience an opportunity of a lifetime that many travel enthusiast could only wish for. I would love to do an Antarctic expedition at some point in my life, but it will have to wait. Until then, I will live vicariously through you my friend! Keep up the great work and awesome experiences! Thank you again for sharing and looking forward to more!
Thank you so much! We appreciate your support through the years!
Congrats Jeb, I’ve been enjoying your videos for several years now but this one is the icing on the cake. Antarctica is probably on almost everyone’s bucket list but few of us will ever make it, especially the South Pole. I know how much hard work you and Suzanne put into making these awesome video and you’ve truly earned this, and I can’t wait to see where you will bring us next!
There are work opportunities and ways to get down there. The pole is a lot harder but getting to Antarctica itself is definitely doable.
What an amazing video, Jeb. Much appreciation to your work on your channel & this visit. Had no idea that the south pole was at an attitude of 9,000 ft. What an entertaining & informative video.
Glad you enjoyed it! I had no idea about that either. There’s so much to learn about the “Seventh Continent!”
😊 I’m
I am so glad that you got to visit my favourite spot on the planet. I spent a season at South Pole Station and it was always a delight to see people taking in the enormity of the location from my dorm. This is absolutely your best video yet.
Huge Congratulations Jeb! I cannot wait to fly to the Antarctic someday! Woo Hoo! Also the name White Desert seems very fitting! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better video from your channel! An A340-600 and a DC-3 Wow! 🤩
Cheers 🥂 and congratulations 🍾 🎉
Caleb
Something about this video is very emotional to me. It's my dream to one day do this trek also. I'm so happy you got to experience this. Not many people can legitimately say they "ran around the world". I hope you post more footage of this trip. This video was WAY too short.
Agreed fully!
Agreed 👍
No just leave some areas undisturbed and stupid for people to say I am carbon neutral because I paid for this or that! Just dumb!
It's a great video but honestly the experience itself is indescribable. Something you just gotta get out there and do yourself. Come up with a plan and then just do it!
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Jen, thank you so much for sharing your adventures. The thing I appreciate about you more than any other vlogger is your humility, gratefulness to do what you do and the genuine joy you convey to us in every video. Congrats on ticking the South Pole off your bucket list! I look forward to your future videos!
Thanks a Lot Jeb for showing us the spectacular sights of Antartica.....This will remain one of your TOP 5 Vlogs of all time....The Joy in your face as you landed in the South Pole is the testimony of that.....Keep rocking and show us the world....🙏
Jeb, what an utterly fantastic video. I too had no idea this was ever possible. Very emotional indeed. Congratulations for making it to the South Pole. Thanks again for all your work in bringing these moments to the rest of use. We can only dream. Cheers my friend.
Going to Antarctica has always been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. Never thought too much about visiting the South Pole. Thanks Jeb for sharing this incredible journey with your viewers. 👍😊
This video is absolutely amazing Jeb. Thank you for taking us on this adventure. Love your videos and appreciate all you and Suzanne do❤️
Jeb, that was worth the wait to see. I appreciate getting to share this memory with you. The excitement and joy on your face making it to somewhere you have always wanted to is special.
Not a single flat earther in the comments. Nice! Can’t wait to show this video to the deniers.
There's a couple
I've just recently started watching travel videos. And, I must say, your channel is tied at #1. It is the pure joy that comes through the screen. I have lots of catching up and I know I'll enjoy every trip I go on with you as my tour guide.
Absolutely love Jeb. It’s like kicking back on a lazy Sunday afternoon and watching tapes of my dad giving life advice and showing his travels. Love this channel
What a quite feat you did Jeb, making it all the way to the south pole. You seemed pretty emotional just before getting there showing us how much this meant to you 😊 keep on making the best vids out there 💪🏼
"Can you believe Susanne did not want to come on this trip" Damn right I can, I'm with Susanne on this one, Screw that for a game of soldiers, as we say over here. :)
Glad you enjoyed it though, looked epic. Great content as usual. :)
Thanks Jeb, I now have something to put on my bucket list. I had no idea experiences like this existed, grateful to you and Suzanne for sharing this with everyone.
You appreciate us but we appreciate you more.
Sharing with us this magnificent place has brought me to tears.
This planet is truly a miracle.
Looking forward to Part 2 (and maybe 3 and 4?!?) of this amazing experience! Thanks for taking us along for the journey! 🙂
I hope there's more Antarctica content coming!!! This was AWESOME!
Thank you, Jeb. Thank you for taking us along with you. So happy for you to finally getting there. 👍
So glad that everything is taken away rather than being left to mar the environment in the way that happens on mountains. It looks incredible, and thanks for letting us share
It somehow feels appropriate that I’m watching this video as I watch the country roll by outside my window aboard an Amtrak train. Amazing trip, Jeb! Thanks so much for taking us along!
Awesome!
Spectacularly beautiful 💙 and to see you take off from Cape Town reminds me of just how beautiful our country is 💙
Absolutely stunning! I am so happy for you. Those of you who travel, give me so much to look forward to. Jeb, as always, you are great to watch.
One of your best videos yet! Keep up the amazing work Jeb!
Damn that DC3 is 81 years old!!
Engines are completely new.
My biggest dream to travel Antartica one day. Thank you for sharing this video. My eyes are full of tears with so much excitement
Thanks Jeb. Glad you got to do it.
Wow! How far the South pole has come from Shackleton's expedition! Completely amazing! I can't believe Suzanne didn't want to go!
Thank you for taking us along!
So happy for you Jeb, and proud of the role my country played in getting you there! 🇿🇦 Baie Welkom by Ons!
ABSOLUTELY EXHILARATING!!! Infinitely grateful and thankful for you sharing your adventure. Keep on enjoying your many trips.
Jeb, this was absolutely amazing to watch. So pleased you were able to check this off your list! Love your videos.
The editing on this video is top notch, worth the wait
Wow! Thanks so much!!
Flat Earthers have been real quiet since this video dropped
Not when you have a compass. A pole is stuck into the ice with flags around it , that's a scientific proof for you ?
Jeb Brooks, I must admit you're one of your kind! So daring and brave! I love your adventures. Bra-val!
Way to start off another great new year of travelling… thanks for all your work sharing these experiences with us. This one is breathtaking!
I'm somewhat worried tourism could have a negative impact on Antarctica and end commodifying the place. It's one of the last unspoilt parts of the world. We need to protect it.
Bro I love your content I wait everyday for you to post
Yes ik
I appreciate that!
One of the best trips you've ever done.
Fantastic video.
Keep it up.
I just had a dream where I was in Antarctica. Now I'm desperate to go there.
I wonder what all the Flat earthers have to say about this 😮
Even the penguin army were unarmed 😂. But they will always come with an excuse.
Where are flat earthers?
I showed a flat earther and they said it's just "propaganda" 🤣
@@TezzSOA tell him to pay the price and go there and prove himself if it is propaganda... 😂
@@paco_lord87 lol he is a super conspiracy theorists. He is a flat earther, anti vaxer, believes dinosaurs weren't real, thinks everything the government says is a lie, thinks gravity doesn't exist and believes that every word of the bible is literal. If he goes there he still wouldn't believe 🤣
They are quiet
They say thats propaganda and no one was in antarctica because its illegal to explore
Jeb is by far the most wholesome travel channel
Your smile says it all.Wow,just wow,what an experience .Thanks for sharing..
I would've paid the pilot of the small plane all of my life savings to keep flying straight and continue over Antarctica so we could explore the truth beyond it
The plane wouldn’t have enough fuel to make it.
What do you mean beyond?
The Pacific Ocean has been already explored.
Well, congrats on fulfilling a dream and a long wish you had. You made it to the South Pole. So remote. So far. From anything and everything. I know I would go to the South Pole. Love far away places, and places rarely anyone goes. Good luck on your future journeys and adventures. Maybe North Pole is next destination. Keep safe, don't get sick in foreign lands and here's to your sense of wonder and wanting to discover. Love your channel Jeb.
Jeb you are so creative and put in so much hard work to make are day. This video was definitely worth the wait! Keep going.❤
This is my most favorite video you’ve ever done. Thank you Jeb!!!
Wow! 🤩 What an incredible adventure!! ✨ Thank you for taking us along for the ride. Wishing you a 2023 full of more amazing travel experiences!
Well Jeb, I have a whole lot more respect for you now. You have done something I have wanted to do since my early 20s, (back in the early 1980s)! I was going to join the US Navy and do a tour on the ice so I could wear the Antarctica Service Ribbon. That never worked out.
Ohhhh my! This trip was epic. It is the best thing I have watched so far. Wow! Congratulations for making it to the South Pole. Keep those videos coming. Thank You!
Outstanding content Jeb! It’s always a joy joining you on adventures but this is truly unique.
What a journey. This is definitely a bucketlist trip.
By far your best work, Jeb. Brilliant watch this, thank you for sharing.
WOW Just amazing!!!! this is something else.
Now that’s a trip! Super happy you were able to make it to the South Pole. What a magnificent experience!
Quite wonderful to share a glimpse of this adventure with you. Thank you!
Awesome video Jeb! Thanks for taking us along.
That was incredible! Congratulations on checking the South Pole off your bucket list and especially for taking us along!
I'm so happy we found your channel! You do such a great job explaining everything.
Thank you at an awesome look at something I’ll never do! Just love the excitement on your face!!!!
Best video of the channel to date. Thanks for taking your subscribers along for a bucket list worthy journey!
What an amazing journey and what an unforgettable experience. Thank you for sharing.
Love it. Thanks for bringing us on this amazing adventure!
What an amazing trip! Thank you for sharing it!
This dc-3 is currently getting serviced at my flight school. It is so cool to see up close
This is the most incredible and most impressive video yet! Jeb, only you, could ever show us the Antarctic this way! I never know where you will be next! Thank you.
Thanks Jeb! My opinion that was your best episode ever! Amazing.
What an amazing adventure. Thanks for taking us along for the ride 🛫🗺️
A stunning trip; congratulations on making it to the South Pole. Thank you for sharing 👍
Your musical interludes are nice. Thanks!
Thank you Jeb for giving us amazing videos 🎉😊
An amazing experience few of us will ever have, thank you for taking us along on this one Jeb!
Glad you enjoyed it. I have been many times and always special.
Thank you Jeb for all the fabulous work on the videos. Suzanne, we look forward to seeing you travel with Jeb.
I absolutely LOVE your adventures!!! Thank you!!
That’s awesome that you got to do this, Jeb! Great video!
What an incredible and surreal moment that must have been. I actually welled up with tears. I am betting that this journey is still with you now!
Amazing! I flew over the coastline of Antarctica once south of Australia and New Zealand and near Mt Erebus but we didn’t land and I’ll never forget it, but you actually went all the way and walked there! It really is remarkable and we have to pay our respects to those explorers who had to get there with dog sleds and no electronic communication!!
What a great video, Jeb! As usual, you’re immense gratitude shines through…always a pleasure to see a new video from you show up in my feed!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for a great video, a trip I'll never make myself but certainly glad you did! Enjoy your work immensely, keep it up! Also like your train videos a lot.
Unbelievable! Thank you for taking us with you!
Great video dude! Love your content, thanks for putting these videos out
Thx for taking us along
Jeb, I've always enjoyed your videos but I've never teared up until this one. So happy for you! Thanks for sharing with us!
Wow! That means so much. Thank you!
Congrats Jeb on being able to accomplish a dream! What a journey that must have been! So fascinating everything that goes into the operations.