"No  one can make you feel small without your consent."  -- Eleanor Roosevelt

2007		Big Enough Anna was voted first place in the 2007 Volunteer State Book Award, a children's choice award from the state of Tennessee
2006		Big Enough Anna was selected to represent Alaska at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC September 2006
2005		Big Enough Anna was voted first place in the Patricia Gallagher Award, a children's choice award from the state of Oregon
2001		Alone Across the Arctic received first place in the Benjamin Franklin Award in the category of travel essay
1996		Pam Flowers received a Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers
1991		Pam Flowers received an Outsider of the Year award from Outsider Magazine

Appalachian Trail - 2008-2009

Completed the 2174 mile-long Appalachian Trail with Ellie (a dog aka Eleanor Roosevelt) from Baxter State Park, Maine to Amicaloa Falls State Park, Georgia.

You can pre-order a copy of Pam's book Ellie's Long Walk from the Expedition Store.

Alone Across the Arctic: 1993-1994

Completed a 2500-mile dog sled trek across Arctic America. The longest solo dog sled trek by a woman in recorded history. The first solo by a woman and the first by an American over this route.

More information about this expedition is available here.

You can pick up a copy of Pam's book: Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team. Autographed and specially endorsed copies are available from the Expedition Store.

Training & Previous Experience

Basic Training: 1981-1982
Spent one full year with veteran dog mushers Natalie and Earl Norris in Willow, Alaska, learning the basics of proper dog care and dog driving.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 1982-1983
Successfully completed the 1200-mile Iditarod Dog Sled Race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

And More Training: 1983-1984
Completed several 100- to 400-mile solo dog sled training trips in Southcentral Alaska.

Kotzebue to Kaktovik Expedition: 1984-1985
Traveled 600 miles with a partner by dog sled from Kotzebue to Barrow, Alaska. Traveled 600 miles solo from Barrow to Kaktovik and back to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

North Slope of Alaska Expedition: 1985-1986
Traveled approximately 1000 miles solo by dog sled across part of the north Slope of Alaska and into Canada.
 

Magnetic North Pole Expedition: 1986-1987

Traveled with a partner by dog sled from Resolute Bay to the Magnetic North Pole.

Resolute Bay to Magnetic North Pole Expedition: 1990-91
Traveled by dog team to complete the first documented solo by a woman over the entire route from Resolute Bay to the Magnetic North Pole.

Pam Flowers is the author of five books, has written many magazine articles, produced an educational newsletter, spoken at the Smithsonian and the St. Louis Science Center, and lectured to over 700,000 students at over 1,200 public and private schools.