Sitting on the porch of her vintage farmhouse that overlooks the St. Croix River, Ann Bancroft appeared more homebody than polar explorer the other day. Now 57 — fully 27 years after she became ...

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft will head to India next fall for a 1,600-mile, 60-day expedition on and along the Ganges River, to draw attention to the global water crisis. Until then, she’ll be ...

Through its grants, Let Me Play and Dare to Dream, the Ann Bancroft Foundation helps girls and young women across the Twin Cities achieve their dreams, whatever the cost. "At heart, and by ...

The Ann Bancroft Foundation, whose mission is to support girls to “live their dreams,” will host a full day of programming intended for middle and high school girls. Speakers include Bancroft ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. Seven continents in ten years, that's explorer and educator Ann Bancroft's plan. She and her team of international women are working on events across ...

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft (left) founded the Ann Bancroft Foundation in 1997. It's given away more than $2 million in microgrants and enabled thousands of girls in Minnesota to pursue their dreams.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Minnesota explorer Ann Bancroft is in the middle of her latest adventure; but unlike her past trips to the North and South Pole, this trip has a focus that everyone can ...

Anushka Kollengode plans to use her $500 award from the Ann Bancroft Foundation to market a mobile app she created for reducing waste and litter. The 16-year-old junior at Mayo High School in ...