Helen Thayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetHelen Thayer
New Zealand explorer
Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1937
Place of Birth: Whangarei, Northland Region, New Zealand
Profession: explorer
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Helen Thayer
- Helen Thayer (née Nicholson; born 12 November 1937) is a New Zealand-born explorer who now lives in the United States. At 50, she became the first woman to travel solo to the magnetic North Pole, pulling her own sled without resupply.
- She travelled on foot, with no outside help.Thayer is the author of ' and Trekking the Gobi: Desert of Dreams and Despair. She has received the Northwest Explorer's Club's Vancouver Award, and the Robert Henning Award from the Alaskan Geographic Alliance for exploration and education.
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