Ann Bancroft - Bibliography

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Canoeing With The Cree

Ann Bancroft; Eric Sevareid

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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Historic Journey Across Antarctica

Ann Bancroft; Liv Arnesen; Cheryl Dahle

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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica

Ann Bancroft; Liv Arnesen; Cheryl Dahle

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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica

Ann Bancroft; Cheryl Dahle

One childhood dream, two extraordinary women, and the gripping story of their remarkable polar expedition.In February 2001, former schoolteachers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen became the first women to cross the Antarctic continent on foot. Against all odds, they walked, skied, or ice-sailed for nearly three months in temperatures as cold as -35°F, towing their 250-pound supply sledges across 1700 miles of terrain riddled with rotten ice and deadly, hidden crevasses. Haunted by the failures of those who had attempted the crossing before them, they raced to complete the journey before the harsh Antarctic winter set in and 24 hours of daylight became 24 hours of impenetrable darkness. Though modern technology could not ensure rescue should they need it, website transmissions and satellite phone calls enabled more than 3 million children from 65 countries to bear witness to the journey. In accomplishing the seemingly impossible, Ann and Liv inspired classrooms and re-ignited the aspirations of more than twenty-thousand adults who wrote to thank and encourage them.Chronicling the dramatic details of this historic expedition, No Horizon Is So Far explores what drove Ann and Liv across the ice and ultimately into hearts and history books around the world. It traces the birth of their dream, its re-emergence when they were adults, their tenacious work to assemble the necessary money and gear, and their brutally taxing trek from the Norwegian sector to the American base at McMurdo Bay. About journeys both literal and figurative, each marked with suspense, danger, and incredible endurance No Horizon Is So Far celebrates two modern-day heroines and that which is heroic in all of us.

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Four to the Pole: The American Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-93

Ann Bancroft; Nancy Loewen

On January 14, 1993, four women made history by becoming the first women to reach the South Pole on foot. For sixty-seven days and 660 miles they skiied, dragging 200-pound sleds, across the white plains of Antartica, challenged by its bitter temperatures and strong winds. This is a true story, told in diary excerpts, dispatches, letters, and narratives.

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Many Hands, Many Miracles: Building a Social Service Agency That Works

Ann Bancroft; Dan Madigan

An inspiring account of the Sacramento Food Bank Services, which provides $10 million worth of services to the community annually with minimal government support.

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