HELEN THAYER

Born in New Zealand, 'Helen Thayer' , at the age of 50, is the first woman to solo to the magnetic North Pole.
She has done the following:

★ Traveled alone to the magnetic North Pole. And accompanied only by her dog Charlie that saved her life when one of polar bears tried to attack her.

★ Walked across the Sahara Desert, 2,400 miles

★ Walked across the Mongolian Gobi Desert, 1,500 miles

★ Kayaked two remote Amazon Rivers and photographed 3 species unknown to science, traveling 1,200 miles

★ Honored by the White House and National Geographic

★ Named “One of the Great Explorers of the 20th Century” by National Geographic Society & NPR

★ Best selling author

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★ Polar Dream: The First Solo Expedition by a Woman and Her Dog to the Magnetic North Pole

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★ Three Among the Wolves: A year of Friendship with Wolves in the Wild

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★ Trekking the Gobi: Desert of Dreams and Despair

★ An internationally acclaimed motivational speaker

★ World wide explorer

★ Represented 3 countries in international track and field

★ National luge champion

★ In 2007, Thayer and her husband, Bill, hope to travel in mainland China into Sichuan and Tibet to study pandas.

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References

★ Helen Thayer's web site

★ Thayer Expeditions

★ One Earth's Adventures

★ National Geographic Education Network