It is summer here, meaning the runway melts a little. So from now on I've got to try and keep it this colour. You carry on your own luggage, which makes for a great bun fight an hour before landing as everyone tries to put on thermals, down jackets and huge padded boots. As well as setting a record for being the first successful attempt to reach the South Pole using a bicycle, Skelton also set a world best for the fastest 100km journey using kite skis. I’ll certainly lose a few fillings. "Cycling back would involve carrying extra food [he plans to carry enough for 40 days] and leaving earlier, which would reduce the chances of success almost to zero," he explains. They say these kinds of trips teach you all sorts of things. It makes the surface appear like a series of waves rising and crashing. "[I need to avoid] getting my hands too cold to pitch the tent," he says. Although she covered a much shorter distance - 800 km - and most of it was done on skis, she did cycle for 165km. It was without doubt the toughest day so far. Back to Antarctica for adventurer Richard Parks, Colorado battles a record-breaking wildfire. Pity the same accolade couldn't be paid to our expedition food; more boil in the bag sawdust tonight. We're so disorganised and the fuel is vital given that we will be self sufficient, melting snow and cooking our own food each day. Their sledges will weigh a tonne. Lovely guys who are all clearly very clever (Ben has a job in commodities I don't really understand) but, bless them, they haven't yet realised their dehydrated food has already been weighed out. Since Monday we have been delayed due to bad weather. She had these in the Amazon too, incidently. So the plan now is to drink as much as I can over the next 24 hours. They are all intimidating each other (unintentionally) with stories of hardcore training and specialist equipment. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Since Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition first conquered the South Pole in 1911 plenty of others have followed in his footsteps - but not necessarily by foot. I needed it to look more like straw colour rather than bright orange to show I was hydrated again: it was. The temperature drops more at night (-30C in some cases). We're travelling with a group of people who are racing to the pole while Niklas, my companion and I, attempt to use the bikes and kites. Although it is considered a cycling expedition, there will be times when he will have to dismount, put the bike on the sled and pull. Larsen proved that "the technology isn't perfect, but is good enough," according to Jones. Only time will tell if I've made the right call on parking the kites. It's crazy how emotions sneak up on you. We've been in Antarctica since December 23 but today was the first official day of our challenge. Cold and stiff but we will keep going. Eighty per cent of my vista was bright blue sky. Her South Pole trek on skis, kite skis and an ice bike earned her a world record. We kited 37 miles today but had to walk the last mile to our overnight camp as the wind simply died away...eventually I got to camp at 7.50pm. Your subscription will help us to do more. VideoColorado battles a record-breaking wildfire, How fashion reflects ethnic pride in Ethiopia, Why jellyfish could be a 'perfect food' VideoWhy jellyfish could be a 'perfect food', The missing dolphin who became an Irish star, Indigenous groups rally in Bogotá over killings, Flock of '140,000 birds' creates record at reserve, Far-right online: 'I got them back on social media' VideoFar-right online: 'I got them back on social media', Undercover in the schools that chain boys. After nine hours of cycling (and some large chunks of pushing) Niklas and I retired. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, the 28 year-old adventurer, who has walked a tight-rope between the Battersea Power Station chimneys, and has kayaked the entire length of the Amazon, said: “I want to bike as much of it as possible, just to prove a point. In truth, we're using them partly because I am stubborn and I want to prove a point but mainly because I hope the Blue Peter audience will really get excited about the bikes. Aside from their aesthetic appeal they are fun to navigate around. And that’s assuming I can find the crate in which the bikes have been delivered to Antarctica. She completed the distance in 18 days, including 103 miles by a specially designed ice bike. Spent my first night in the Antarctic. Helen is keeping herself busy by sewing on her hood rough to her jacket and training - running mainly - to keep her fitness levels up. Winds of up to 100 miles per hour in the Antarctic delay Helen's flight, keeping her in Cape Town longer than expected. I love the way it dances in the sun light. It being so cold, we hadn't expected to see any wildlife and I am baffled as to what they live on – but nonetheless they are pretty and quite hypnotic. Helen Skelton, 28, is known for her Sport Relief challenges. Great when excitable scientists are inches from the lens trying to see inside the aircraft; petrifying when the plane is coming into land on a runway that could double as an ice skating rink.
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