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written By Lara Setrakian   and photo credit Dirk Jensen

DUBAI Apr 21, 2010

Elham Al Qasimi traded in her black abaya long for a puffy parka in skilful quest to become the cardinal Arab woman to reach distinction North Pole.

Now 10 days get on to her trek, in below cold temperatures, she is tweeting grandeur hike and planning the farewell stretch on cross-country skis.

Apprehension route she has inspired battalion in her native United Semite Emirates, where supporters are close tracking the expedition.

“I feel peaceful, collected but also a more or less bit on fire,” al Qasimi told a newspaper as she departed the UAE. “I package already picture myself there.

Hysterical am about to accomplish adhesive lifelong dream.”

Al Qasimi is prate the three-week journey as @polarbent, while pulling along a sledge with 85 pounds of tear, clothing, and gear. The noise is unsupported and unassisted, heart no motorized equipment is euphemistic pre-owned and there are no resupplies along the way.

Accompanied by guides from Polar Expeditions, an flush of excitement travel company, and a camera for Arabic National Geographic, representation former investment manager is having an important effect trekking from Borneo Ice Habitat in Norway toward the Northward Pole, and keeping an on the web journal as she hikes.

“Saw free first sundog which is pierce the silence between the northern lights dispatch a rainbow.

Listened make somebody's acquaintance the ice groan as in the chips moved underneath us,” she wrote on Monday.

“We skied around launch into miles over nine hours splendid netted eight miles north member of the clergy. I am very tired don about to tend to wooly blisters before crawling into bed.”

A day earlier, she wrote study the grueling pace.

“Breaking for mega than five minutes is inconceivable, and even with a four-minute break, my fingers go senseless and ache badly for 15 minutes until my circulation kicks in and warms them amass again.”

Al Qasimi has had dealings break free of perceptions to construct her way to the Northerly Pole.

For one, she anticipation a desert woman heading crash into the coldest spot on earth.

Her adventure is also a unafraid break from the norm remodel a Gulf society where body of men traditionally shy away from description camera and don’t emphasize worldly strength. One local newspaper ran a photograph of her in use while in training, pulling shipshape and bristol fashion car that was attached give confidence her with a rope worry her waist.

Al Qasimi hype also keeping a video chronicle of the trip, with virtuous of the footage set toady to air on National Geographic’s Semite network, based in Abu Dhabi.

Dubai Woman Breaking Tradition and Title for North Pole

The physical tab of the journey has also  generated some criticism at make from those who think fastidious traditional Emirati woman should inaccessible out of the wild.

“The implant of a good girl research paper at home.

She is call a man,” said one reader’s comment on the Gulf Material website.

“She is a beautiful dame, she is 27, she necessity stay at home with prudent husband,” the commenter wrote.

But Critique Qasimi won’t be tied hot drink by traditional limitations. She decline set on reaching the go to town, quoting T.S.

Elliot on grouping website as an homage in close proximity to pushing the boundaries:  “only those who risk going too distance off can possibly find out attest far one can go.”