Helen Thayer

Helen Thayer presentations are educationl, entertaining, and highly motivating. In a 50 minute program of spellbinding on-location photography and personal narrative, the audience shares Helen's powerful adventures first hand. By comprehending her struggle to survive, one is led to the understanding of how problem solving and overcoming obstacles, along with an unshakable belief in the ability to reach a goal, will finally bring the reward of success. [clients]

Helen's dynamic energy and positive enthusiasm is caught up by her audiences, keeping them on the edge of their seats, inspiring people of all ages to look to higher levels of achievement, plan for success and forge ahead in the absolute belief that the goal will be reached in business or in life. Helen helps her audiences realize they can dream, set goals, and reach for the top and succeed by explaining: "I've been there and here's how I did it."

More than just an "armchair adventure" presentation, Helen can motivate an audience to believe they too have unlimited horizons. Helen believes, "My journeys are like life itself. We all have our North Poles and our Gobi deserts, but we can all reach our goals just as I did, one step at a time, never giving up on ourselves. If we reach for the top and believe we can do it, we can make our dreams come true."

Helen Thayer is the best speaker we have listened to. A gifted speaker and photographer, she is humble, down to earth and realistic in every way. Her speech was not only motivational but also illustrated in a dynamic way her ability to problem solve even under the most difficult of conditions. An extraordinary individual. Men and women, young and old, need to hear her speak. ~ William F. Wilson, Florida

PRIMARY PRESENTATIONS:

· POLAR DREAM: ACHIEVING YOUR HIGHEST GOAL -- Imagine trekking hundreds of miles across a perilous, frozen world with all of your life-support, food and shelter on a sled that you must pull over the rugged terrain while making slowly measured steps on skis. Helen made history at age 50 when she became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's Poles as she walked to the magnetic North Pole. Hear the dramatic and inspiring story of her struggle to reach her goal through ice storms, over unstable sea ice and polar bears and how a dog named Charlie saved her life from these awesome but dangerous animals. It is a story that leaves audiences inspired and motivated to reach for their own goals and push their horizons to the limit. Her powerful slide program shows the beauty of the Polar Ice Cap and the polar bears that live there. Helen wrote the best selling book "Polar Dream" (Simon & Schuster, NewSage Press second edition) about her historical journey.

· THE GOBI - LABYRINTH OF SAND: TURNING BACK IS NOT AN OPTION -- At age 63 Helen with her husband Bill 74, walked the entire distance west to east across the Mongolian Gobi Desert. In a journey of discovery they covered a distance of almost 1,500 miles, enduring sand storms, 126 degree temperatures, and at one point a desperate search for water.
At 13 years old she set a goal to walk across the Gobi. A year before the expedition, after a serious car accident, she was told she would never walk again. She didn't give up; she fought through therapy and pain. Finally, still fighting injuries, she set out to realize her dream of crossing the entire desert on foot. Although still recovering, she kept going, even though some days pushed her to the limit. This is a story of courage, perseverance and motivation to rise above adversity to reach a goal and make a dream come true. Compelling, rare photography tells of the Thayer's close interaction with the Gobi Desert nomads who still live the centuries-old lifestyle of their ancestors.

· THE AMAZON: BEDAZZLED IN NATURE'S LABORATORY -- The Amazon Rainforest has long been a symbol of mystery and power, a sacred link between humans and nature. It is also the richest biological incubator on the planet. It supports millions of plant, animal and insect species - a virtual laboratory of chemical invention where drugs like quinine, muscle relaxants, steroids and cancer drugs are found.
This is the story of the Thayer's quest to explore and photograph this primal environment before it disappears. The photography includes new species and the documentation of rainforest devastation when compared to virgin forest still untouched. The magnificent jungle wildlife is captured through stunning photographs: blue and gold macaw parrots, monkeys, and other creatures of the forest are breathtaking in their beauty.
This is a story of amazing persistence, problem solving and never-give-up attitude in the face of extreme adversity and danger -- an adventure of solitude and life among an Indian tribe who taught the Thayer's their jungle ways. The Theyer survived a kayaking expedition of 1,200 miles on jungle rivers and streams seldom seen by outsiders, and now share that amazing story.

· THREE AMONG THE WOLVES: A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT WOLVES IN THE WILD -- This is the subject of Helen's soon-to-be-published book. Helen and her husband Bill travelled to the virtually untouched Canadian Yukon Territory, above the Arctic Circle, to live within 100 feet of a wild wolf den. They spent a summer observing and documenting the daily lives and behaviors of the pack and returned in the winter to study the wolves interaction with the polar bears on the northern sea ice. It is a remarkable story of wolves in the true wild state, with their pup care, their hunts, and their social hierarchy explained. Audiences are left wanting to take these wolf families and their mischievous pups home with them. This is a motivational program of rare photography, not only of the wolf family but many other Arctic animals such as grizzlies, moose and the elusive lynx, and of the great tundra plains of the far north.