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In 1988, at the age of 50, Helen Thayer became the first woman in the world to travel on foot to the magnetic North Pole, one of the world's most remote and dangerous regions. Her only companion was Charlie, her loyal husky, who was integral to her survival. Polar Dream is the story of their heroic trek and extraordinary relationship as they faced polar bears, unimaginable cold, and a storm that destroyed most of their supplies and food.
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Everyone told her it couldn't be done...especially by a woman. But in 1988, fifty-year-old Helen Thayer, accompanied only by her black husky Charlie, became the first woman ever to ski solo to the North Pole. After overcoming her first obstacle--the unrelenting discouragement she received before setting out--she and Charlie braved brutal temperatures, violent storms, treacherous ice floes, marauding polar bears, and eventually, near starvation. Not only a remarkable adventure story, Polar Dream is also a testament to the intense bond of love and trust that develop between an adventurer and her dog. Whoever said the North Pole was no place for a woman, especially one without a whole team of sled dogs, didn't know Helen and Charlie.
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"A terrifying chronicle of an extraordinary endeavor."--Booklist
"An exciting story of human endurance and of a remarkable animal."--Publishers Weekly
"A terrifying chronicle of an extraordinary endeavor."--Booklist
"An exciting story of human endurance and of a remarkable animal."--Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co.
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0316906271
- ISBN 13 9780316906272
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages254
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First British Edition; First Printing. Some shelf wear to unclipped DJ with two small closed tears to bottom edge, spine corners lightly bumped. ; Grey cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; Colour Photographs; 256 pages; The personal account of an epic journey. Helen Thayer, at the age of fifty, became the first woman to ski solo to the magnetic North Pole, her only companion a big, blck husky dog she named Charlie. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Seller Inventory # 29125
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary, introduction by author, acknowledgements. The text is illustrated with eight pages of colour photography. It clean page 126 and 127. Gray coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with blue and red colour titles to the front panel and white and blue colour titles to the backstrip. The story of the author, who at the age of 50, became the first solo woman to ski to the North Pole with only a black husky, called Charlie, as her companion. Rubbing to the lower book edges and a bump to the top right-hand corner of the backstrip. Browning to the textblock edges and light them. Browning to the internal pages. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (8), 9-254 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; North Pole; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0316906271. ISBN/EAN: 9780316906272. Inventory No: 0112820. Seller Inventory # 0112820
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