If you're an "average" woman with a job & family who carves time in a busy schedule for outdoor activities, it might seem hard to relate to the life of a professional explorer/adventurer. I know the feeling, even though my job as a guide means that I'm able to spend more time outdoors than many folks. I do enjoy following the adventures of Minnesotan Ann Bancroft and Norwegian Liv Arneson, who skied to the South Pole in 2001 and will attempt to ski to the North Pole beginning in March 2007. They have also kayaked the Great Lakes together. I've heard these women speak on several occasions and I am always inspired by their mental & physical strength, determination, and sense of humor. And they're over 50 years old, which is pretty cool. I recommend two books: Four to the Pole!, which is written for young people and tells about Ann's first South Pole expedition in 1992, and No Horizon is so Far, which describes Ann & Liv's 2001 Antarctic expedition and includes selections from their journals. Ann & Liv's adventures may be longer and more remote than the ones we offer at AGC, but many aspects of preparation vary only by scale: making the commitment to yourself to take a trip, reading about the area, assembling the necessary gear, and physical training.
For more info visit: www.bancroftarnesenexplore.com/expeditions/arctic
Anne F.
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You just gotta wonder if they'll even have a chance to make it. Sad that due to the Soviet greed and corruption on their last attempt couple of years ago, the time for polar crossings may be past. The following is from stopglobalwarming.org;
"Global warming is having an alarming and dramatic impact on arctic ice shelves in the Canadian Arctic. Scientists have discovered that a giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields broke free from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 500 miles south of the North Pole. Shockingly, the shelf broke off in just an hour, and the collapse was so powerful that earthquake monitors over 150 miles away recorded the tremors. It is the largest event of its kind in Canada in 30 years, and scientists consider global warming a major contributing factor.
To read the full story, go to http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=7442712292006"
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