My church went on a volunteer expedition to Queens to help out Hurricane Sandy survivor Barbara Hillary. She is 82 years old and was the first black woman to travel to both the North and South Poles.  She is both a breast cancer and lung cancer survivor.   Here is a link to her website that details her trip to the North and South Pole: http://barbarahillary.com/ 

She was quite the charmer & hard work and good times were had in equal parts!