# Ann Bancroft

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Polar Exploration

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft, who recently skied 1,700 miles across Antarctica with her partner Liv Arnesen, joins us this week with tales from her third expedition. She also tells of a lavishly outfitted Arctic expedition from 150 years ago and the food that doomed the members to starvation and ins…

The Politics of Wine

We're taking a look at the politics of wine in America with our guest Bruce Cass, author of The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America. Bruce says it's easier for a 13 year-old to buy a gun on the Internet than it is for an adult to purchase a bottle of wine. Polar explorers Ann Bancroft an…

Ann Bancroft: A Polar Legend

Alok Jha talks to pioneering explorer Ann Bancroft: the first woman to have skied to both North and South poles.   Ann joined the 1986 Steger International Polar Expedition as the only female of the eight-member team and became the first known woman to cross the ice to the North Pole. After leading…

Ann Bancroft

In this episode, we sit down with legendary explorer Ann Bancroft, the first woman to reach both the North and South Poles on foot. We dive into her historic expeditions, the mental toughness required for the world’s harshest environments, and the vital mission of the Ann Bancroft Foundation, which…

Minnesota Bound - Ann Bancroft

In this episode, we sit down with legendary explorer Ann Bancroft, the first woman to reach both the North and South Poles on foot. We dive into her historic expeditions, the mental toughness required for the world’s harshest environments, and the vital mission of the Ann Bancroft Foundation, which…

“The Trip To Bountiful”(1985) with Special Guest Del Shores

"I consider this woman to be the greatest actress in the English language." Thus spoke F. Murray Abraham at the OSCAR podium as he was announcing the winner of the 1985 Best Actress Award. For nearly everyone in the Shrine Auditorium that night, that platitude could only refer to one woman amongst …