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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793581603321

Autore

Arnesen Liv

Titolo

No horizon is so far : two women and their historic journey across Antarctica / / Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft with Cheryl Dahle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis ; ; London : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-4529-6102-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 pages)

Disciplina

919.890409252

Soggetti

Antarctica Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the new edition -- No horizon is so far -- Hell -- Sister souls -- A path paved with ice and money -- "Send rescue" -- Waiting -- Underway, overwhelmed -- Push to the Pole -- Titan Dome -- Beyond endurance -- End of the journey -- A narrow escape.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--