Join Viking godmothers Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft in a new audio book serialization from their captivating memoir

Liv Arnesen

Liv Arnesen is a world-renowned Norwegian explorer, lecturer, author and educator. In 1992, she successfully led the first unsupported all-women trek across the Greenland ice sheet. Two years later, she became a global name as the first woman to ski solo to the South Pole—a 50-day, 745-mile expedition. In less than a decade, she again made international news when she and American polar explorer Ann Bancroft became the first women to cross Antarctica by sail and ski. The two have since come together to found Bancroft Arnesen Explore, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing worldwide access to clean water and creating a sustainable future through education and storytelling. All the while—for more than 20 years—Liv also taught and coached cross-country skiing. Liv is the godmother of our state-of-the-art expedition vessel Viking Octantis.

Ann Bancroft

Ann Bancroft is one of the world’s preeminent polar explorers. She joined the 1986 Steger International Polar Expedition as the only female of the six-member team and became the first woman to the North Pole by sled and foot. After leading the first American women across the Greenland ice cap in 1992, she took her team to Antarctica. In January 1993, after skiing more than 600 miles to the South Pole, Ann made history as the first woman to reach both poles. She and Norwegian explorer Liv Arnesen then set an international record as the first women to sail and ski across Antarctica. Today Ann is a globally-recognized educator, speaker and founder of the Ann Bancroft Foundation. She lends her voice to organizations in education and the environment and is the cofounder of Bancroft Arnesen Explore. Ann is the future godmother of our state-of-the-art expedition vessel the Viking Polaris.

Cheryl Dahle

Cheryl Dahl is an entrepreneur and writer who works at the intersection of design and social change. Along with teams of designers, scientists, researchers, and anthropologists, she creates and tests new ways to solve large-scale, systemic problems. She is the co-founder and CEO of Flip Labs, a systems design firm. The company’s first foray into systems work was tackling the global problem of overfishing through its Future of Fish initiative, which Cheryl led for ten years. Future of Fish was one of two national finalists in the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, which recognizes insightful solutions to ending the world’s most complex problems. 

Prior to her work in social change, Cheryl was a journalist who wrote for Fast Company magazine, The New York Times, and other publications. She also co-authored the book, No Horizon is So Far, with Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, the first two women in history to traverse the Antarctic continent.

She is an adjunct professor at Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology and a professional affiliate at Carnegie Mellon University.