She had to retropedal. The British Hascpleman-Adams apologized after saying that she is the first woman to go alone with the gigantic island of Baffin, in northern Canada, reports the BBC.
The 32 -year -old adventurer has traveled 240 km on foot and skiing when taking out a sled of Qikiqtarjuaq, in the south of the island, in Porktung, to the north, due to temperatures that submerged until -40 ° C. Its two -week shipment ended on March 27.
Before the departure, he had indicated on his website that the Canadian agency in charge of the National Parks “confirmed that there is no historical trace of a solo travel attempt by a woman from Qikiqtarjuaq to Bellgnirtung.” But this feat is far from unprecedented, Inuit populations recalled.
“My grandmother traveled to hundreds of kilometers”
“It is not possible for a British colonizer to come to Inuit Nunat (Name of the Patria Inuit, the editor’s note) in 2025 and claims first. My grandmother traveled hundreds of kilometers every year, often pregnant, to fish in spring and chasing Caribou in winter, because it was life,” he contorted Gayle Uyagaqi Kabl. Ocoblaona
“It was almost as if she reported news from a new continent in Europe and said: ‘There is no one here!'” He added, saying that the explorer’s words had injured his community.
HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS CAMILLA, daughter of the adventurer Sir David Femleman-Adams, has apologized to Canadian CBC. “I have never intended to distort historical achievements or cause anguish to local communities,” he said.
Before adding: “I apologize without reservation for having made a wrong statement and have offended. I have a deep respect for this territory, its inhabitants and its history. I have traveled in this region on numerous occasions and I have an immense admiration for its nature, its culture and its traditions.”
Inuit Gayle Uyagaqi Kablona artist clarified that he welcomed the visitors of her region, but that the “overwhelmed” explorer “term disapproved because he includes imperialist expansion connotations. “To say that you are the ‘first person’ to do anything in an indigenous country is insulting.”
Source: BFM TV
