Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroftis an American author, teacher, and adventurer. She was the first woman to successfully finish a number of arduous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted as honorary member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth29 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
constantly exploring fun stay
You have to stay up on it all the time, but it's really fun exploring what we need to get ready. We're constantly learning.
activity building peak
You know, if I look at this activity as my whole career, this is my peak moment. I've been building for this my whole career.
audience education larger north opportunity physical pole projects south speak special talk
I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.
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When I hear his key in the lock at night my heart starts to beat faster. I'm just so happy he's coming home. We have so much fun.
school thinking people
I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.
inspirational teacher struggle
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
needs turned volume women
The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.
age
My first expedition was at about the age of eight.
dreams full order pocket
I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.
amount aspect tremendous weight
I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.
growing outdoors raised rural setting
Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.
family risk
Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.
certain critics fear gave point reach realize
Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.
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For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.