Helen Thayer

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born

New Zealand

gender

female

website

http://www.helenthayer.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Outdoors & Nature, Travel

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In 1988 New Zealand born Helen Thayer became the first woman to walk and ski to any of the world's poles when she trekked solo to the Magnetic North Pole without dog sled or snowmobile. She was the first woman and first American to circumnavigate the Magnetic North Pole. Her best-selling book Polar Dream tells the story of her historic adventure with her beloved companion Charlie, her protector from the ever constant threat of polar bear attack. Helen has gone on to explore far corners of the world.

Best selling author, international speaker, National Geographic
explorer, gifted story teller and motivator.

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Books by Helen Thayer

Average rating: 3.88 · 289 ratings · 73 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Polar Dream: The First Solo Expedition by a Woman and Her Dog to the Magnetic North Pole by Helen Thayer, Edmund Hillary (Foreword) 3.94 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Walking the Gobi: A 1,600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair 3.82 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Polar Dream: The Heroic Saga of the First Solo Journey by a Woman and Her Dog to the Pole 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Polar Dream: The Heroic Saga of the First Solo Journey by a Woman and Her Dog to the Pole 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Polar Dream 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: