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

288 Pages·2019·11.636 MB·English

by  Liv Arnesen, Ann Bancroft, Cheryl Dahle

No Horizon Is So Far
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No Horizon Is So Far
Two Women and Their Historic Journey
across Antarctica
Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft
with Cheryl Dahle
University of Minnesota Press
Minneapolis
London
Excerpt from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.,
copyright 1996 by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Reprinted by per-
mission of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Inc.
First published in 2003 by Da Capo Press
First University of Minnesota Press edition, 2019
Copyright 2003 by Ann Bancroft, Liv Arnesen, and Cheryl Dahle
Introduction copyright 2019 by Cheryl Dahle
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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To Mom and Dad: you always encouraged me to wander to
the beat of my heart.
To our team in Minnesota who helped make this dream a
reality: you are more than colleagues; you are family. Thank
you for your passion, energy, and friendship.
To the children around the world who follow our journeys:
you give me purpose and hope for our complex world.
— Ann
To my grandchildren, in hope they can find a dream and
direction in the disturbed world we live in today.
To the people of yourexpedition: your relentless efforts to
raise funds, plan, and support the Antarctic journey were
the winds in the sail of the dream that Ann and I shared.
To the children, who made our journey worthwhile.
— Liv
To my mother, whose strength and resilience inspire me.
— Cheryl
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I learned to wander. I learned what every dreaming
child needs to know—t hat no horizon is so far that you
cannot get above it or beyond it.
— Beryl Markham (1902– 1986)
English aviator and first person to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean from London to North America
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the New Edition xi
1. Hell 1
2. Sister Souls 11
3. A Path Paved with Ice and Money 33
4. “Send Rescue” 55
5. Waiting 67
6. Underway, Overwhelmed 95
7. Push to the Pole 129
8. Titan Dome 161
9. Beyond Endurance 179
10. End of the Journey 191
11. A Narrow Escape 203
Route Maps 223
Epilogue 225
The Equipment List 241
Acknowledgments 247
About Bancroft Arnesen Explore 253