Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure. — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure. — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me. — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
I love weights, but it's too far to get to the gym. So I make the farm my gym: I split wood and haul… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
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. — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
