Download or read book Polar Dream written by Helen Thayer and published by London : Little, Brown and Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, in a gruelling and dangerous adventure, 50-year-old Helen Thayer became the first woman to ski solo to the magnetic North Pole. She trekked 345 miles, pulling a 160-pound sledge and with a husky, Charlie, as her only companion. This is her story.