Ann Bancroft talks with MPR’s Cathy Wurzer about her six-week trip paddling across the Great Lakes.

Ann Bancroft, who is a Minnesota native, along with Norwegian explorer Liv Arneson, will begin their trip by kayak from Grand Portage on the northern shore of Lake Superior. They'll paddle about two-thousand miles through lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario before reaching the St. Lawrence Seaway. The two explorers are well-known for their last expedition, in which they became the first women to ski and sail across Antarctica. Ann Bancroft joins us now from Grand Portage.