Posted: Jan 01, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 1
Latonia Hartery, seen on Ellesmere Island surveying archeological sites at Alexandra Fjord, presents a new CBC Radio documentary on women who explored Canada s North. (Daniel J Catt)
Even though many of us would consider Amelia Earhart an explorer, she was never accepted into the famed, New York-based Explorers Club, which banned women until 1981.
What about archeologist Anne Stine Ingstad, who excavated the Viking site at L Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland? Her history-changing accomplishment is often attributed solely to her husband Helge, who wasn t even an archeologist.
What about Mi kmaw midwife Mary Webb, a multi-lingual outdoorswoman who delivered 700 babies travelling hundreds of kilometres on foot or dog sled should she be considered an explorer?