World explorer and author Ann Bancroft has a new distinction to add to her career: godmother. Not to a child, though; to a ship. Earlier this fall, the St. Paul native and her expedition partner ...

Arctic explorer and author Ann Bancroft is joined by MPR News reporter Catharine Richert in the woods near Bancroft's home in Marine on St. Croix, Minn. on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Polar explorer and teacher Ann Bancroft was 10 years old when she first read "Endurance," the gripping account of Ernest Shackleton and his crew, who in 1915 were trapped in the Antarctica and ...

Ann Bancroft is an Arctic explorer and the first woman to reach both the North and South poles. She's been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and in 1991 created the Ann Bancroft ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Ann Bancroft was preparing last week for her latest trek through the one of the coldest places on earth to send a message about global warming. The Minnesota polar explorer and her ...

SCANDIA, Minn. -- 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.

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft might be winter’s biggest champion. But Bancroft, who’s set records traveling to the North and South Poles, and crossing Antarctica, says the key to surviving our ...

Polar explorer Ann Bancroft, of Minnesota, traveled to Amsterdam this fall to help christen the Polaris. Neither the statement nor the Argentine Naval Prefecture identified the woman or her hometown.

MASON CITY - Ann Bancroft, the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and South poles, will speak to students and the public during two presentations on Thursday, Feb. 28, in Mason City.

Ann Bancroft would go on to make history in her own right as a polar explorer, but she and other family members were at the College of St. Scholastica on Nov. 14 to celebrate Dick Bancroft's ...

The St. Paul-based foundation has awarded the grants since its founding 24 years ago by legendary explorer and Minnesota native Ann Bancroft, the first woman to reach the North Pole by sled and foot.