Podcast episode meets Ann Bancroft, polar legend

14 May 2026

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust has published episode two of their podcast, A Voyage to Antarctica, in which Alok Jha meets pioneering explorer Ann Bancroft, a true polar legend and the first woman to have skied to both the North and South Poles.

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