Shannon Huffman Polson is the author of North of Hope; A DaughterĂƒĆ’Ă‚Â˘ĂƒÂ˘Ă˘â‚ŹĹĄĂ‚ÂŹĂƒÂ˘Ă˘â‚ŹĹžĂ‚Â˘s Arctic Journey. She served for eight years in the U.S. Army as an attack aviation officer and was one of the first women to fly the Apache attack helicopter. I found out in this interview that Shannon is also a singer, something near and dear to my heart.