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Location: Ivar’s Salmon House, Lake Union
401 Northeast Northlake Way, Seattle (click here for directions)

Menu: Ivar’s famous clam chowder, rotisserie chicken & red mashed potatoes, dessert

Meet Helen Thayer, recognized by National Geographic and National Public Radio as one of the Great Explorers of the Twentieth Century.

At 50 years old, she was the first woman to travel alone to the magnetic North Pole. The first woman to walk 4,000 miles across the Sahara Desert. At 63 years old she was the first to walk across the 1,600-mile Mongolian Gobi Desert. The first non-Indian to Kayak 1,200 miles of a remote area of the Amazon. In a unique study, she lived with wild wolves for one year above the Arctic Circle. These firsts are all without guides or outside help. In addition, she has climbed many of the world’s highest mountains, represented three countries in international track and field, and was the USA national luge champion.

Helen is the author of Three Among the Wolves, Trekking the Mongolian Gobi Desert, and best selling Polar Dream. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and in National Geographic and Readers Digest.

As we launch into the New Year, Helen’s stories are sure to motivate and inspire you!