After their years at National Geographic, Helen and Frank each followed their own individual careers.
At first Frank began as a free-lancer, writing for many magazines, including Time, Look and Sail.
Later he joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was sent to Mexico City to work for the United States Information Agency where he was the editor of Saber, their Spanish language magazine.
Upon retirement he continued his love of sailing, which included crossing the Atlantic in his boat, Sassafras.
The Schreiders shared one last adventure together in the fall of 1993 sailing for four months among the Greek islands.
Shortly after, in January 1994 Frank suddenly and unexpectedly died of a heart attack while on Sassafras when it was moored at Crete.

After leaving National Geographic, Helen joined the National Park Service as a museum designer.
Her first assignment was to design and assemble the Bicentennial Exhibition within the Statue of Liberty.
At the official ceremony in 1976 she was congratulated for her work by the French ambassador and later she received the Presidential Design Award from President Ford.

In addition to her Statue of Liberty exhibition, Helen Schreider set up the display of Bicentennial gifts at the White House "for the President to view, and the display at the Great Hall for the nation to see."
In recognition of this she received a letter of thanks from the Deputy Special Assistant at the White House and a specially dedicated photo to her of President Ford, signed by him.

In Helen's ensuing work with the National Park Service she planned extensive museum exhibitions at Yellowstone National Park, the Big Hole Battlefield, Nez Perce, Mount Rainier and several other locales.

Although Helen worked with Frank as an explorer and later with the National Park Service, she had actually been an artist first and foremost throughout her life.
With a fine arts degree from UCLA, she produced a great many paintings and drawings – many of them were done during her travels with Frank.
 Her drawings accompanied their photographs throughout their three books and their articles in National Geographic.
Now in her 90s, Helen lives in a retirement community in Santa Rosa, CA, and continues to work as a painter.

Frank had been inducted as a member of the Explorers Club in 1956 but Helen wasn't since this was a club for men only.
Eventually, women were also accepted but it wasn't until 2015 – 59 years later – that Helen finally caught up with Frank, becoming a Fellow National, not just a Member of the Explorers Club.

The Explorers Club includes every significant explorer in the world.
This includes Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson (first to the North Pole, 1909), Roald Amundsen (first to the South Pole, 1927), Sir Edmund Hillary (first to the summit of Mt. Everest, 1953), Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins (first to the surface of the Moon, 1969).
By being members of the Club it placed Helen and Frank Schreider in the same league as these and all other major explorers in the world.

As a follow up on Helen's induction to the Explorers Club, Angela Schuster, the editor of the Explorers Journal, published an article “Reflections on the Amazon – in conversation with Helen Schreider” (Summer 2016).
Ms Schuster had arranged for a retired geography professor, John Ryan, and Anna Darrah, a film producer, to conduct an interview with Helen as the basis for this article.

In addition, after Helen's induction into the Explorers Club, Albuquerque TV and newspaper outlets interviewed her.

More than fifty years after the Schreider travels by amphibious jeep, a new group of adventurers led by Richard Coe who had been inspired by the Schreiders, are planning to travel from London to Sydney, Australia in a large U.S. military amphibious vehicle (to be called Tortuga III), and they will retrace the exact Asia route of the Schreider journey in their Tortuga II.
After their years at National Geographic, Helen and Frank each followed their own individual careers. At first Frank began as a free-lancer, writing for many magazines, including Time, Look and Sail. Later he joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was sent to Mexico City to work for the United States Information Agency where he was the editor of Saber, their Spanish language magazine. Upon retirement he continued his love of sailing, which included crossing the Atlantic in his boat, Sassafras. The Schreiders shared one last adventure together in the fall of 1993 sailing for four months among the Greek islands. Shortly after, in January 1994 Frank suddenly and unexpectedly died of a heart attack while on Sassafras when it was moored at Crete.
After leaving National Geographic, Helen joined the National Park Service as a museum designer. Her first assignment was to design and assemble the Bicentennial Exhibition within the Statue of Liberty. At the official ceremony in 1976 she was congratulated for her work by the French ambassador and later she received the Presidential Design Award from President Ford.
In addition to her Statue of Liberty exhibition, Helen Schreider set up the display of Bicentennial gifts at the White House "for the President to view, and the display at the Great Hall for the nation to see." In recognition of this she received a letter of thanks from the Deputy Special Assistant at the White House and a specially dedicated photo to her of President Ford, signed by him.
In Helen's ensuing work with the National Park Service she planned extensive museum exhibitions at Yellowstone National Park, the Big Hole Battlefield, Nez Perce, Mount Rainier and several other locales.
Although Helen worked with Frank as an explorer and later with the National Park Service, she had actually been an artist first and foremost throughout her life. With a fine arts degree from UCLA, she produced a great many paintings and drawings – many of them were done during her travels with Frank.  Her drawings accompanied their photographs throughout their three books and their articles in National Geographic. Now in her 90s, Helen lives in a retirement community in Santa Rosa, CA, and continues to work as a painter.
Frank had been inducted as a member of the Explorers Club in 1956 but Helen wasn't since this was a club for men only. Eventually, women were also accepted but it wasn't until 2015 – 59 years later – that Helen finally caught up with Frank, becoming a Fellow National, not just a Member of the Explorers Club.
The Explorers Club includes every significant explorer in the world. This includes Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson (first to the North Pole, 1909), Roald Amundsen (first to the South Pole, 1927), Sir Edmund Hillary (first to the summit of Mt. Everest, 1953), Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins (first to the surface of the Moon, 1969). By being members of the Club it placed Helen and Frank Schreider in the same league as these and all other major explorers in the world.
As a follow up on Helen's induction to the Explorers Club, Angela Schuster, the editor of the Explorers Journal, published an article “Reflections on the Amazon – in conversation with Helen Schreider” (Summer 2016). Ms Schuster had arranged for a retired geography professor, John Ryan, and Anna Darrah, a film producer, to conduct an interview with Helen as the basis for this article.
In addition, after Helen's induction into the Explorers Club, Albuquerque TV and newspaper outlets interviewed her.
More than fifty years after the Schreider travels by amphibious jeep, a new group of adventurers led by Richard Coe who had been inspired by the Schreiders, are planning to travel from London to Sydney, Australia in a large U.S. military amphibious vehicle (to be called Tortuga III), and they will retrace the exact Asia route of the Schreider journey in their Tortuga II.
Helen and Frank Schreider