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After Indigenous Outrage, British Woman Apologizes for 'First' Claim on Canadian Island (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She was done super dirty considering the BBC and Canadian Government are the fuck ups in this story.

Before starting her expedition, Hempleman-Adams wrote that “Parks Canada has confirmed that there are no historical records of a female solo attempt from Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung” on her expedition website, as cited by the BBC. Once she’d completed her expedition on March 27, various outlets shared her apparent record-breaking success.

In a written statement to CBC News, Hempleman-Adams reiterated the fact that she’d verified her potentially future claim with Parks Canada and wilderness experts in Qikiqtarjuaq and Pangnirtung before the expedition.

“However, if this information is incorrect, I apologize unreservedly for making an incorrect claim and for causing offence,” she wrote, as cited by CBC News. “I have deep respect for the land, its people, and their history. I have traveled in this region multiple times and hold immense admiration for its nature, culture and traditions … and I remain committed to learning from this experience and engaging with the community with the utmost respect.”

[–] alecbowles@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No records of a White European female.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Feel free to provide the records for any other race of female who did it solo.

[–] alecbowles@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The article clearly says that she traveled solo between these two communities “Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung”. A quick Google search will report that there were Inuit indigenous people living there for centuries. Do you think they traversed to each other by train during all this time? 😅

Besides, their own people who lives there confirms that this route has been used by many people before including women. Why would they lie? Guess they never really reported something like this to the park or government because why would they? It’s just their way of life.

I’m not saying she did it maliciously, and she apologised which is honourable but perhaps she didn’t really did her research about what she was getting into before doing the track.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The article clearly says that she traveled solo between these two communities “Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung”. A quick Google search will report that there were Inuit indigenous people living there for centuries. Do you think they traversed to each other by train during all this time? 😅

This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time.

Do you think people commonly traversed that terrain mid winter alone 5 centuries ago? The answer is "No", because that is suicide.

Besides, their own people who lives there confirms that this route has been used by many people before including women. Why would they lie? Guess they never really reported something like this to the park or government because why would they? It’s just their way of life.

Again, they aren't traveling alone in the middle of winter. Again, This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time.

Again, it isn't a way of life to do that. It would have been suicide.

I’m not saying she did it maliciously, and she apologised which is honourable but perhaps she didn’t really did her research about what she was getting into before doing the track.

She didn't report her own story to the editor of the BBC, and again, This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time.

[–] alecbowles@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time. Do you think people commonly traversed that terrain mid winter alone 5 centuries ago? The answer is "No", because that is suicide.

You are saying “No that’s suicide” but on the bbc article the Ms Kabloona says “On one of these annual 186-mile (300km) journeys, Ms Kabloona's grandmother went into labour and gave birth to her father in a tent along the way.”

Again, they aren't traveling alone in the middle of winter. Again, This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time. Again, it isn't a way of life to do that. It would have been suicide.

It’s not me disagreeing with you, it’s the people that live ON the land calling it total BS and defending that her claim or race is not accurate. Again ”Saying you're the 'first person' to do anything in an indigenous country is insulting.” it’s insulting because she probably didn’t. She might be the first woman to claim she did but it doesn’t make it true. At least if we are to believe the current people who live there.

She didn't report her own story to the editor of the BBC, and again, This is not a record of any other race of female crossing that area alone in the winter time.

I guess the point is not how the story came to be but the claim she made which was found out of order by the community living there.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is actually absurd how obtuse you are being.

[–] alecbowles@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I’m sure we would be able to talk this out over a beer or something to try and figure out who messed this up: The traveller, the Inuit people, the Canadian gov, or the journalists.

Underneath it all, it’s an outstanding achievement by Camilla that most of us would never be able to achieve. I can barely walk from my house to Tesco in Winter.

[–] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Colonizers gonna colonize - I'm really glad she got called out on her bullshit.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Try reading the article. My comment might save you some time because I took out all the fluff.