Helen Thayer – A climbing guide and out-of-doors athlete who with her dog is the first woman to ski alone and without re-supply to the magnetic North Pole. She was training to reach the true North Pole when this program was made. Part of a series of "mini docs" to honor Washington state's women for the state’s Centennial, 1989. Series has profiles of: Helen Thayer, Roberta Byrd, Helma Ward and Mary Walker. Funded by Washington Centennial Commission.