Article: Polar Explorers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen to Hold Worldwide Class on Global Warming From Arctic Region.

In 1986, Ann Bancroft, of Scandia, Minnesota, was the first woman ...
KRT Photos;  February 17, 2005 ;     399 words ... ... KRT (February 17) In 1986, Ann Bancroft, of Scandia, Minnesota, was the first woman to reach the North Pole. She and fellow explorer Liv Arnesen ... the Arctic Ocean, skiing over the North Pole from Russia to Canada. The 1,000 ...

Ann Bancroft, left, of Scandia, Minnesota, and Liv Arnesen of ...
KRT Photos;  February 17, 2005 ;     397 words ... ... KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MCDONALD/KRT (February 17) Ann Bancroft, left, of Scandia, Minnesota, and Liv Arnesen of Norway ... the first women to cross the Arctic Ocean, skiing over the North Pole from Russia to Canada. They expect their journey of about ...

Article: 1986 polar expedition shaped explorers' lives: ANNIVERSARY: The ...
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  April 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Schurke and Ann Bancroft of Scandia, Minn ... has stood at the North Pole four times. Schurke ... has roots in the North Pole trip. Bancroft, 50, has made expeditions ... short trip to the North Pole. Bancroft continues to travel ...

Article: Unlikely adventurer, 75, to speak about expedition to ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  October 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... explorer Robert Peary - who reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909 - was accompanied ... book credit for "discovering" the North Pole. The first woman to reach the North Pole is believed to have been Ann Bancroft, a physical education teacher from ...

Article: Black woman reaches North Pole
Daily Breeze;  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... never made it to the North Pole. "I said, 'What ... Robert Peary. Ann Bancroft, a physical education ... from Minnesota, was the North Pole's first female visitor ... black woman matching Bancroft's feat, although such ...

Article: Cancer survivor, 75, travels to North Pole
Oakland Tribune;  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... customers can travel to the North Pole in various ways, from ... Robert Peary. Ann Bancroft, a physical education ... from Minnesota, was the North Pole's first female visitor ... black woman matching Bancroft's feat, although such ...

Article: 75-year-old woman skis to the North Pole
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... never made it to the North Pole. "I said,'What ... Robert Peary. Ann Bancroft, a physical education ... from Minnesota, was the North Pole's first female visitor ... black woman matching Bancroft's feat, although such ...