Email
Please email me at jenatsea@jenmintzer.com. Since the Internet connection on the ship is slow, I am using this email address to help eliminate any junk or extraneous email.
Sending Letters
I'm posting the mailing deadline dates and addresses in a Word document (see link below) if anyone wants to mail me any letters. You need to mail letters two weeks in advance of when the ship arrives and there is no guarantee I'll even get what is sent, but for those who feel inclined to send anything, here is the info you'll need...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=8296669
Making and Receiving Quick and/or Emergency Calls
I just received the "Explorer SIM card" for my cell phone that I ordered through www.telestial.com last week.
Once I put that in my phone, I will have a new phone number associated with my cell phone - it's actually a phone number with a country code for Estonia. To call me in the event of an emergency, the number to dial from the U.S. is 011-372-5312-7506. Please note that I will only be able to get reception when I am in certain areas. When I'm at sea, the phone obviously won't work. Also, please note that I will only answer the phone if it shows a caller ID that I recognize because there are high costs associated with receiving incoming calls. If you are a fellow shipmate on the voyage who wants to add your phone number to my address book in case of an emergency while we are on a field trip, just make sure you provide me with that number once we are on the ship and I'll add it to my phone.
I obviously don't plan on using my cell phone very much while on this trip because it will be very expensive (see below for the rates per minute when using the Explorer SIM card). It will be nice to have though in case of an emergency and to just call my parents at every port to tell them where I am. If I get eaten by a lion while on safari in Africa, I can call for help from the lion's belly (providing there is reception).
