Bill and Helen Thayer Expeditions: A GOALS Adventure

Bill and Helen Thayer invite you to join them on their educational exploration to the four corners of the world. Visit the Adventure Classroom for teacher's guides to intrigue and motivate students to learn more about the world we share. <p> Applicable keywords are Bill and Helen Thayer, Charlie, adventure classroom, k12, school, teachers guide, field trips, educational, distance learning, explore, tundra, Antarctica, Amazon, Arctic, polar dream, bears, wolves, caribou, expedition, Sahara. <p> This site is best viewed with a "frames" enabled browser. This page along with a description of the site is provided for those that do not have this type of browser.<br> <center> <table CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0"> <tr><td ROWSPAN="2"><img SRC="../pics/roseblue.gif" BORDER="0" ALT WIDTH="66" HEIGHT="66"></td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><img SRC="../pics/goals.gif" BORDER="0" ALT WIDTH="265" HEIGHT="34"></td></tr> <tr><td ALIGN="CENTER"><font COLOR="#00FFFF">Global Online Adventure Learning Site</font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <a HREF="../index.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/goalshmbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="72" HEIGHT="15"></a><a HREF="../aboutfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/aboutbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="15"></a> <a HREF="../advertfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/Advertbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="15"></a> <a HREF="../contactfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/contactbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="58" HEIGHT="15"></a> <a HREF="../classrm/classfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/classbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="72" HEIGHT="15"></a> <a HREF="../bookstore/booksfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="../pics/booksbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="73" HEIGHT="15"></a></td></tr> <tr><td COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="LEFT"> <table WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0"> <tr><td ALIGN="LEFT"><img SRC="pics/thyrhmbutsel.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="77" HEIGHT="15"> <a HREF="thyraboutfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="pics/taboutbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="15"></a> <a HREF="tcontactfrm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="pics/tcontactbut.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="58" HEIGHT="15"></a></td> <td ALIGN="CENTER"><font COLOR="#FFA07A">The Thayer Expeditions</font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <table WIDTH="90%"> <tr><td> <i><b>Welcome to The Thayer Expeditions.</b></i> Helen and Bill Thayer invite you to join them on their educational exploration to the four corners of the world. </td></tr> </table> <p> <center><font SIZE="+1"><b>The FRAMES BODY of <a HREF="expbdy.htm">Bill and Helen Thayer's Expedition Home Page<br> can be found by using this link....</a></b></font></center> <hr> <table WIDTH="85%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="7"> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="PolarDream/PolarDreamF.htm"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/Helen-Char-sm.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="100"></a></td> <td VALIGN="top"> <a HREF="PolarDream/PolarDreamF.htm"><b>POLAR DREAM:</b></a> At age 50, Helen Thayer became the first woman to travel solo to any of the world's Poles. On foot and without the support of a dog team or snowmobile, Helen and her dog Charlie survived the elements and repeated confrontations with polar bears to circumnavigate the Magnetic North Pole. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="Antarctic/AntarcticF.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/Hski.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="100"></a></td> <td VALIGN="top"> <a HREF="Antarctic/AntarcticF.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The Antarctic Expedition:</b></a> In 1997, Helen Thayer spends her 60th birthday trekking alone in Antarctica. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="gota/index.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="../pics/gotabut.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="100"></a></td> <td VALIGN="top"> <a HREF="gota/index.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>GATES of the ARCTIC:</b></a> Join Bill and Helen Thayer's latest adventure as they trek on foot with the Western Arctic caribou herd of almost 500,000 animals... from its wintering grounds to the calving grounds on the tundra plains of the north slope of Alaska. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="wolves/wolvesfm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/wolf85x100.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="100"></a> </td> <td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="wolves/wolvesfm.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The Arctic Wolves Expedition:</b></a> Helen, Bill and their dog Charlie trek 600 miles across the Arctic Tundra in the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada above the Arctic Circle. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="Amazon/amazonfm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/monkeysm.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="99"></a> </td> <td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="Amazon/Amazonfm.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The Amazon Expedition:</b></a> Helen and Bill undertake a 1,200 mile expedition on foot and by kayak into a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest. Indigenous Indians showed them jungle medicine and how to live off the rain forest in complete harmony with the environment. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="sahara/saharafm.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/camelsm.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="99"></a> </td> <td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="sahara/saharafm.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The Sahara Expedition:</b></a> Helen and Bill walk 1,400 miles across the Sahara desert living among the Berbers and Tuaregs and learning their customs. They returned with a wealth of information that can only be gathered by those who experience these places on foot and first hand. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="Nz/NzF.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/kiwiTN.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="72"></a><br><center>KIWI</center> </td> <td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="Nz/NzF.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The New Zealand Expedition:</b></a> Helen and Bill explore New Zealand's most northerly province, Northland. The province's southern border begins approximately 50 miles north of Auckland and extends all the way to the most northern tip of the North Island. </td></tr> <tr><td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="MNP/MNPF.htm" TARGET="_top"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/thayersm.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="100"></a></td> <td VALIGN="top"><a HREF="MNP/MNPF.htm" TARGET="_top"><b>The Magnetic North Pole Expedition:</b></a>In 1992 Helen returned to the magnetic North Pole, this time with her husband Bill. They would become the first married couple to walk and ski to the Pole, pulling their own sleds, un resupplied just as Helen had done in 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><a HREF="team/thayer_reg.htm"><img Align="Center" SRC="pics/signup.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="33" HEIGHT="35"></a></td> <td VALIGN="top">Here you can send <a HREF="team/thayer_reg.htm"><b>Comments and Questions</b></a> to the Thayers, sign their <a HREF="team/thayer_reg.htm"><b>Guest Registry</b></a> and elect to receive notification of significant breaking news and updates by adding your e-mail address to the <b>GOALS</b> mailing list. </td></tr> </table> </center> <hr> <center><font SIZE="+1"><b>The FRAMES BODY of <a HREF="expbdy.htm">Bill and Helen Thayer's Expedition Home Page<br> can be found by using this link....</a></b></font></center> <p> In order to keep pace with the trends we are giving the <b>GOALS</b> site a face lift by utilizing FRAMES. 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