On This Date in Minnesota History: September 29

Sept. 29, 1955 – Arctic and Antarctic explorer Ann Bancroft was born in St. Paul on this date. Bancroft “was the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot and by sled.  She was also the first woman to cross both polar ice caps to reach the North and South Poles, as well as the first woman to ski across Greenland.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bancroft

Ann Bancroft
http://yearofwomen.tumblr.com/post/124488048596/july-19-ann-bancroft-not-to-be-confused-with

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