The expedition a crowd of well wishers greeted ann bancroft when she returned home from her historic expedition across antarctica. bancroft and liv arneson are the first women to traverse the ice-covered continent. it took the two women three months to travel 2,400 miles (3,840 km); the journey across antarctica began on november 14th, 2000, and ended on february 19th, 2001. they reached mcmurdo station, a u. s. military base, just in time to board a ship that would take them home. some people call bancroft a modern day amelia earhart. in 1986, she joined the steger north pole expedition and became the first woman to reach the north pole over land. in 1993 she led a team of women on a 67-day expedition to the south pole. bancroft said that her journey was inspired by the tale of sir ernst shackleton, the explorer who survived two years in antarctica after his ship sank. before returning home, bancroft and arneson visited the shackleton huts. 3 what is the allusion in the passage? a. steger expedition b. amelia earhart c. ernst shackleton