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No horizon is so far : two women and their extraordinary journey across Antarctica / Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft with Cheryl Dahle.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8088
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arnesen, Liv, author.
- Bancroft, Ann, author.
- Dahle, Cheryl, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antarctica--Description and travel.
- Antarctica.
- Arnesen, Liv--Travel--Antarctica.
- Arnesen, Liv.
- Bancroft, Ann--Travel--Antarctica.
- Bancroft, Ann.
- Women adventurers--Antarctica.
- Women adventurers.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 253 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Cambridge, MA] : Da Capo Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Offers a firsthand account of the 2000-2001 odyssey of Anne Bancroft and Liv Arnesen across the continent of Antarctica on foot, describing their difficult journey across 1,700 miles of harsh terrain in below freezing temperatures.
- Contents:
- Hell
- Sister souls
- Path paved with ice and money
- Send rescue
- Waiting
- Underway, overwhelmed
- Push to the pole
- Titan dome
- Beyond endurance
- end of the journey
- Narrow escape.
- Notes:
- Amelia Bloomer Award, 2005
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8088: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink inscription with authors' autographs on half title: September 22, 2003 ; Warmest wishes! Ann [W.?] Bancroft ; Liv Arnesen. With dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0738207942
- 9780738207940
- OCLC:
- 53053083
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