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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

UK adventurer apologises for record trek claim after Inuit backlash

The pair embrace in the snow while smiling at the camera
Camilla Hempleman-Adams, with her father, Sir David Hempleman-Adams, after her trek across Baffin Island. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA

A British adventurer has apologised after her claims to be the first woman to traverse Canada’s largest island solo were dismissed by members of the Inuit population who criticised her dangerous “privilege and ignorance”.

Camilla Hempleman-Adams, 32, covered 150 miles (240km) on foot and by ski while pulling a sledge across Baffin Island, Nunavut, in temperatures as low as -40C and winds of 47mph during the two-week expedition last month.

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