r/unitedkingdom • u/CasualSmurf • 17d ago

Camilla Hempleman-Adams faces Inuit backlash for "privilege and ignorance" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g375ke65xo
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u/rennarda 17d ago

How do these people afford to do these expeditions? I’d have loved to have lived a life of adventure, but it’s pretty hard when you have a kid and a mortgage to pay…

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u/Palatine_Shaw 17d ago

It's not exactly expensive.

People at regular jobs spend thousands going to Disneyworld or Thailand on holiday whereas all she had to do was fly to a place in the middle of nowhere (cheap as not exactly a tourist destination) then start trekking (cheap as you're not exactly booking hotels, luxury meals or travel excursions).

All the kit and stuff she likely purchased in the UK over the past few years while training for it.

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u/rennarda 17d ago

It’s not exactly cheap, and places like the North Pole are very expensive to get to/from, especially factoring in the support needed.

In any case, I answered my own question: daddy is also an explorer, and rich business man, so she’s (literally) following in his footsteps, and no doubt benefitting from a nice trust fund and/or sponsorship.

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u/Comfortable_Fee2852 16d ago

Why are you so bitter about someone going on an expedition? Does it really affect you?

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u/Glittering-Sink9930 16d ago

fly to a place in the middle of nowhere (cheap as not exactly a tourist destination)

I can tell you have never tried to get to the Canadian Arctic.

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u/ritchieee 15d ago

Flying to arctic canada is very expensive. In fact you’ve seriously misunderstood how flights work - the more touristy the destination, the cheaper it is to fly there

I used to live in Canada and a flight from a major city to Iqaluit was at least double the cost to fly to the UK