Polar Dream - Hardcover

Thayer, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671793861 ISBN 13: 9780671793869

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1993

Synopsis

An autobiographical account of the then fifty-year-old author's solo, twenty-seven-day, 345-mile trek--on skis and with a husky named Charlie--to the North Pole and her confrontations with polar bears, ice floes, storms, and fear. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Everyone told her it couldn't be done...especially by a woman. But in 1988, fifty-year-old Helen Thayer, accompanied only by her black husky Charlie, became the first woman ever to ski solo to the North Pole. After overcoming her first obstacle--the unrelenting discouragement she received before setting out--she and Charlie braved brutal temperatures, violent storms, treacherous ice floes, marauding polar bears, and eventually, near starvation. Not only a remarkable adventure story, Polar Dream is also a testament to the intense bond of love and trust that develop between an adventurer and her dog. Whoever said the North Pole was no place for a woman, especially one without a whole team of sled dogs, didn't know Helen and Charlie.

"A terrifying chronicle of an extraordinary endeavor."--Booklist

"An exciting story of human endurance and of a remarkable animal."--Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover:

"A terrifying chronicle of an extraordinary endeavor."--Booklist

"An exciting story of human endurance and of a remarkable animal."--Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0671793861
• ISBN 13: 9780671793869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254