Hand sample and thin section of a pillow rind and interior from Palaeogene lavas of eastern Baffin island. The solidifying melt continued to exsolve gas bubbles, trapped in the pillow interior by the rind.

#ThinsectionThursday #BaffinIsland #Basalt #Geology

Camilla Hempleman-Adams musste sich bei den Inuit entschuldigen, nachdem sie in typisch kolonialer Denkweise erklärt hatte, sie sei die erste Frau, die Baffin Island solo durchquert habe.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/british-woman-apologizes-nunavut-record-1.7505857

#Decolonisation #Inuit #Arctic #BaffinIsland #ArcticExpedition #PolarExpedition

Was pleasantly surprised to see the BBC giving an Indigenous woman more words in this story.

"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.

"Two days later, she got up and carried on walking," Ms Kabloona said.

"She did that in every single one of her pregnancies, traversed our land, because that is our way of life and always has been."”

"Show respect to the land and the people who have kept it pristine for your adventures."

#Canada #North #Inuit #Indigenous #BaffinIsland #UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g375ke65xo