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

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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At ages 45 and 47, two former schoolteachers set out to become the first women to cross Antarctica on foot. American Ann Bancroft and Norwegian Liv Arnesen would walk, ski, and ski-sail for nearly three months in temperatures as low as -35F, towing 250-pound supply sledges across two thousand miles of crevasse-ridden ice while connecting with millions of schoolchildren via Web site transmissions and satellite phone calls.

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Liv Arnesen is the first woman to ski solo to the South pole. Her book about the journey was a bestseller in Norway. Ann Bancroft is the first woman in history to cross both the North and South Poles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"The authors' descriptive details and vivid writing bring the adventure to life."
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000H2NDEG
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.54 x 8 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2020
    For a long time I've wondered, "Where are the women I want to read about? The ones who are doing something other than falling in love, having problems at work, having mommy problems, dealing with their parents. Where are the REAL stories?" I knew they were out there -- I live one myself -- and then I heard about No Horizon Is So Far. I absolutely loved it. I loved reading about other women struggling to BE themselves in a world that didn't really imagine women seeking adventure like this, women whose heroes were men who'd gone out into the world seeking "knowledge like a sinking star beyond the utmost bound of human thought," women who wanted to do that, too.

    To make everything unbelievably perfect, both the women who made this expedition are educators. So am I. There was a time in my classes when my students would be doing group work that I would let my laptop project the photos I'd taken on my travels on the screen in front of the room. It was my quiet, subliminal message to them, "There is a bigger world out there than the BA in Business Administration you are so hell bent on getting. There is more to success in life than money." It mattered a lot to me that my students found the courage to dream beyond their GPA and sometimes I succeeded in getting my message across.

    And...one of these women has a "learning difference." So do I. It was all just amazing to me to find this book, to "meet" these women, to read their story. I have more to say, but I do not want to spoil the true climax of the book. It's too beautiful for me to give away; it is something for every reader to find and experience.

    P.S. There is nothing wrong with falling in love, dealing with problems at work, dealing with parents, or raising kids. It's just that most of the women I know do other things TOO.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
    If you are looking for an interesting true story and strong women, this is the book for you. It's absorbing.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2015
    Very fascinating.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2008
    Norwegian Liv Arneson and American Ann Bancroft had a dream -- a strange dream. Each was called to the frozen continent of Antarctica. Liv (they use their given names throughout the book) had already made her mark as the first woman to ski solo to the South Pole, and Ann had skiied to the South Pole with three other women in a continent-crossing attempt that failed due to lack of funds. These two found each other and began to organize a ski trip from edge to edge, across the ice-covered continent.

    Do you wonder why? Liv writes that everyone does, and her answer is that "an expedition is a work of art expressed on a canvas of snow, air, and time." She was inspired by Roald Amundsen's conquest of the South Pole, but both women were fascinated by Shackleton's Endurance expediton and the courage with which he gave up his mission to save his crew. Win or lose, they felt, the joy was in the journey.

    Both Liv and Ann were former schoolteachers, and a big part of their dream was enlightening and inspiring school children around the world. Their first challenge was to build a support team and secure the huge corporate sponsorship needed to cover the expenses of their expedition. As they got to know each other and trained for the grueling trip, their company, yourexpedition, went on the sponsorship quest; the first part of the book covers the trials and triumphs of this two-year preparation phase. Major sponsorship was won from Volvo, Pfizer, Motorola, Apple Computers, and Continuum Control. During this phase a curriculum was developed and translated into many languages, and plans were made for communicating with school children during the trip. The logistics and expense of this journey were huge.

    Liv and Ann took the ice in the Norwegian territory of Queen Maud Land, flying there from Capetown in November 2000. They had roughly 100 days before the Southern winter would close their "window" of traveling weather. With more than 2,000 miles to cover, their plan was to ski-sail across the continent to the Ross Ice Shelf; they were dependent on the wind, the weather, their equipment, and the state of the ice surface. They used satellite phones to communicate with their team and with some of the three million school children who followed their journey using the "Dare to Dream" curriculum.

    No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women And Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica details the hardships that arose during the grueling trip. Injuries and equipment failure inevitably occurred in the intense cold and high altitude, but their greatest hardship was the erratic nature of the wind. Dragging heavy sleds and skiing behind sails in gusty wind is dangerous and difficult, but many days they had no wind and had to pull with crampons on their skis -- always in danger of falling into one of the many crevasses that thread through the ice.

    Did Ann and Liv's mission succeed? Did they make it across the frozen beauty of Antarctica before winter closed their bolt-hole? It would be a spoiler to reveal the answer to these questions, but every reader will be touched by the magic generated among the children who shared their journey with them. This is a thoughtful and inspiring story of a mission that most of us would never dream of; but we all want to make a difference in the world and I thoroughly enjoyed Ann and Liv's story of their chosen journey. I've taken one star off because I thought the book might have been organized differently, with the expedition infrastructure spread throughout rather than concentrated in the first section. However the drama of the continent crossing more than made up for that organizational issue. Highly recommended.

    Linda Bulger, 2008
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
    I had the chance to meet these two humble women and have been on a quest to read, study and learn more about them ever since. Their friendship, struggles and exploration are all true and genuine. They are a true inspiration especially to women and children of the world. It's astonishing to know that women for the longest time were not allowed to be explorers on Antartica, but these two educators persevered and made history. This was a wonderfully written book from their hearts. I loved reading the journal entries they made and how they sometimes were vastly different in perspective. It's what I enjoyed as I learned and struggled with them on each page. Great inspirational book filled with their live pursuits and passion to share through education and awareness.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great for school project
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2020
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