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Explorer (32) becomes first woman to solo traverse Baffin Island: ‘I’m feeling pretty exhausted’

Camilla Hempleman-Adams, 32, said she was ‘feeling pretty exhausted, I have very sore feet’

Arctic explorer Camilla Hempleman-Adams (Ben Birchall/PA)

Arctic explorer Camilla Hempleman-Adams (Ben Birchall/PA)

Ruby Cline

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A British explorer has become the first woman to solo traverse across Canada’s freezing Baffin Island a day earlier than expected.

Camilla Hempleman-Adams battled temperatures as low as minus 40C and winds of 47mph during the two-week expedition.

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