Offers a firsthand account of the 2001 odyssey of former schoolteachers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen across the continent of Antarctica on foot, reflecting on their difficult journey walking, skiing, and ice sailing towing 250-pound supply sledges across 1,700 miles of harsh, dangerous terrain in below freezing temperatures. Reprint.

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

Biographies & Memoirs

Arnesen, Liv

Bancroft, Ann

Dahle, Cheryl

Community & Culture

Penguin??Books

Chronicles the sixty-seven day, 660 mile journey of Ann Bancroft, Sue Giller, Anne Dal Vera, and Sunniva Sorby, who were the first women to reach the South Pole on foot.

Four to the Pole!: The American Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-1993

Children's Books

Loewen, Nancy

History

Linnet Books

The story of Sacramento Food Bank Services, set up in California 20 years ago by an Irish priest. This text calls for attention to be paid to the SFBS as a model for social services as it is self-sufficient and does not fear government cut-back and has over 800 volunteer workers.

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

Madigan, Dan

Religion & Spirituality

Univ of Notre Dame Pr

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.

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

Da Capo Press

When Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen crossed Antarctica, more than three million schoolchildren worldwide were inspired by the achievement. For those young fans and for the millions of children yet to be touched by this amazing story, Ann and Liv Cross Antarctica chronicles the historic journey in words and beautiful oil illustrations. The book recounts how Ann and Liv made their dream a reality and shares the fascinating details of the trek: what they packed, what they ate, how they ice-sailed, and what they saw. As inspiring as it is educational, Ann and Liv Cross Antarctica will appeal to schoolchildren everywhere.

Ann And Liv Cross Antarctica

Travel

Polar Regions

Four Days: Darkness to Light

New Age & Spirituality

Independently published

The extraordinary story of the first two women to cross Antarctica The fascinating chronicle of Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft’s dramatic journey as the first two women to cross Antarctica, No Horizon Is So Far follows the explorers from the planning of their expedition through their brutal trek from the Norwegian sector all the way to McMurdo Station as they walked, skied, and ice-sailed for almost three months in temperatures reaching as low as -35°F, all while towing their 250-pound supply sledges across 1,700 miles of ice full of dangerous crevasses. Through website transmissions and satellite phone calls, Ann and Liv, two former schoolteachers, were able to broadcast their expedition to more than three million students in sixty-five countries to teach geography, science, and the importance of following your dreams.

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

Univ. of Minnesota Press

Liz Millanova has stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn’t speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage. She thinks of herself as someone who’d rather die than sit through a support group, but now that she actually is going to die, she figures she might as well give it a go.\nMercy’s Thriving Survivors is a hospital-sponsored group held in a presumably less depressing location: a Nordstrom’s employee training lounge. There, Liz hits it off with two other patients, and the three unlikely friends decide to ditch the group and meet on their own. They call themselves the Oakland Mets, and their goal is to enjoy life while they can. Together, Dave, a gay Vietnam vet, Rhonda, a devout, nice woman who’s hiding a family secret and finds peace in a gospel choir, and snarky Liz plan outings to hear jazz, enjoy nature, and tour Alcatraz. In the odd intimacy they form, Liz learns to open up and get close, acknowledge and let go of the dysfunction in her marriage, and repair her relationship with her daughter. They joined forces to have a good time—but what they wind up doing is helping one another come to grips with terminal cancer and resolve the unfinished business in their lives.

Almost Family: A Novel

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

She Writes Press

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