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 ...

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft hikes around her Sunfish Lake community on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Bancroft, the first woman to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole, recommends getting ...

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 ...

Arctic explorer and Minnesota native Ann Bancroft will present "Unleashing the Power of Your Dreams" during a Forum of Executive Women program 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. March 9 at the Holiday Inn ...

And they did." Horscroft, 15, organized this soccer clinic — a project toward earning her Girl Scouts Gold Award — with the help of a grant from the Ann Bancroft Foundation. The foundation ...