Award from the Alaskan Geographic Alliance for exploration and education. Publications Thayer, H. (2007). Walking The Gobi: A 1600 Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair. Mountaineers Books Thayer, H. (2003). Three among the wolves: A year of friendship with wolves in the wild. Newsage Press. Thayer, H. (2002). Polar dream: The first solo expedition by a woman and her dog to the magnetic North Pole. Troutdale, Or: NewSage Press. Thayer, H. (1993). Polar dream. New York u.a: Simon & Schuster. References External links Helen Thayer's web site Living people Female polar explorers 1937 births New Zealand autobiographers Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games People educated at Pukekohe High School Polar explorers