A biography for Ann Bancrofthasn’t been written yet.
“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 tires and do work on the farm, and that's sort of my weight training portion.”
“I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.”
“For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?”
“My first expedition was at about the age of eight.”
“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 larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.”
“This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.”
“Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.”
“Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.”
“Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren't aware of problems facing water.”
“I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.”