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| On Top of the World Barbara Hillary, a retired nurse from New York City, believes that life has many chapters and the trick is to know what ta take with yo ufrom one chapter to the next. At age 75, Hillary has lived many chapters in her own life, including her nursing career, her work as a commuity activist, her years as a cancer survivor, and, most recently, as the first African-American woman and one of the oldest people ever to travel to the North Pole. More-> |
| The Arctic's Grande Dame Barbara Hillary is a lot of things - and now she can add to the list first African-American woman to reach the North Pole. Here she talks to Women's Adventure about her mother's influence, a woman's right to adventure, and that epic trip. More-> |
| Lessons from the North Pole On Nov. 27th, former nurse educator and Arctic adventurer Barbara Hillary, MPS, accepted the “Spirit of America” award at the National Recreation Vehicle Trade show in Louisville, Ky. More-> |
True Northby Lauren Collins March 26, 2007 The American explorer Robert Peary reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. With him were four Eskimos— Oatah, Egingwah, Seegloo, and Ookeah—and Matthew Henson, an African-American guide. To Barbara Hillary, Henson is both a hero and a goad. Hillary is seventy-five, and a resident of Arverne, Queens. On April 20th, she will disembark from the Borneo ice camp, towing a fifty-pound sled and the wish to become the first African-American woman on record to set foot on the top of the world...More-> |
75-year-old cancer survivor skis to North PoleBy MEGHAN BARR The Associated Press Barbara Hillary, 75, didn't know how to ski when she decided to ski to the North Pole. She took skiing lessons and hired a personal trainer, who determined she was fit for the trip. NEW YORK -- The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet...More-> |
Black woman, 75, 'skis' to North Pole and marks a firstBy ROSE RUSSELL SAY the health-care worker you met recently is about to retire. "Have a nice life," you might tell him or her, thinking travel or some other hobby will fill the time until the inevitable...More-> |
Cancer survivor, 75, skis to North PoleNEW YORK (AP) — The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet...More-> |
Northern Outfitters75 year old Barbara Hillary… Well prepared for her trip to the North Pole “Welcome to the world of the High Arctic, The North
Pole and ‘Adventure by Hollywood.’” That’s the
way Barbara Hillary begins the amazing story of her Arctic experience,
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The Doctor Weighs InBarbara Hillary – a new kind of oldster There is a great story in the SF Chronicle about a woman named Barbara Hillary. The headline of the Chronicle proclaims “Black woman reaches goal – North Pole.” But to me the real story here is that Hillary is a 75 year old lung cancer survivor who hired a personal trainer and learned to ski so that she could go to the North Pole. When I was a kid I thought being 65 meant getting a Barcalounger and watching the soaps. Now, grammas and grampas are engaging in adventures previously thought to be the purview of the young and crazy....More-> |
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| Arverne woman, 75, in historic Pole feat One Hillary's ascent has already landed her in Capitol Hill, and another's will get her there soon..... More-> |
| Northern Exposure Barbara Hillary, 75, finds some obstacles in her path to become the first African-American woman to reach the North Pole. More-> |