:00:13. > :00:19.I've spent months in secret training for a massive challenge.
:00:19. > :00:23.It's going to be the toughest thing I've ever attempted.
:00:23. > :00:28.I'm questioning myself, who's going to believe in me. On today's show,
:00:28. > :00:38.I can finally reveal the extreme adventure I'm taking on for next
:00:38. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:09.Argh... She's kayaked the Amazon. Such a
:01:09. > :01:16.good feeling. She's ran 72 miles in a desert ultra--marathon. Oh, my...
:01:16. > :01:21.Every step is agony. And she's walked a high-wire 66 metres in the
:01:21. > :01:27.air. This girl's amazing. All the extreme challenges have tested her
:01:27. > :01:32.mind and body to the limit. Action speak louder than words on this one.
:01:32. > :01:37.It's her next adventure that puts all those others in the shade.
:01:37. > :01:43.is so hard. Because this year, she's undertaking one of the most
:01:43. > :01:50.extreme journeys in the world. Hello. I am so relieved to finally
:01:50. > :01:53.be able to let you in on a secret. I've been preparing for five months
:01:53. > :01:59.for perhaps my most difficult and dangerous challenge ever, but I've
:01:59. > :02:07.not been allowed to say a word about it. Yet finally today, I can.
:02:07. > :02:11.I really care about the projects that Sport Relief funds. So for
:02:11. > :02:17.2012 I'm going to attempt to get to the South Pole. Ifil be travelling
:02:17. > :02:22.by kite, ski and, in a world first, I will be trying to cycle part of
:02:22. > :02:30.my journey to the Pole. It is without doubt the biggest thing
:02:30. > :02:35.I've ever taken on. I'm attempting to travel 500 miles
:02:35. > :02:38.over the most hostile terrain in the world, the Antarctic, a frozen
:02:38. > :02:42.continent at the most southerly point of the globe.
:02:42. > :02:46.With temperatures as low as minus 50, I've got three different modes
:02:46. > :02:51.of transport in the hope that whatever the weather throws at me,
:02:51. > :02:57.my journey to the South Pole won't grind to a halt.
:02:57. > :03:03.Skiing is one way for me to travel, but it's physically demanding and
:03:03. > :03:07.painstakingly slow. Kite skiing is the fastest form of transport I'll
:03:07. > :03:10.be using and the most dangerous. I'm aiming to use the strong
:03:10. > :03:16.Antarctic winds to pull me on skis over the ground, but it's hard to
:03:16. > :03:21.master and I'll be relying on the right wind conditions.
:03:21. > :03:26.My final mode of transport is a world first - no-one's ever made to
:03:26. > :03:31.it the South Pole on a bike - but I want to prove that it can be done.
:03:31. > :03:36.I'll be using a specially adapted ice bike with super fat tyres for
:03:36. > :03:40.travelling on soft snow. Throughout my journey, I'll be dragging the
:03:40. > :03:44.sled carrying everything I'll need and eat. It will weigh about 80
:03:44. > :03:47.kilos, more than me! In the rough terrain, it will feel even heavier
:03:47. > :03:51.and it will make it even harder to pull.
:03:51. > :03:56.I hope I've got what it takes to make to it the South Pole. But it's
:03:56. > :04:01.something that few people in history have managed to do.
:04:01. > :04:04.Of course I'm excited because this is a massive adventure. But I'd be
:04:04. > :04:09.lying if I said I wasn't nervous at all. This challenge is tough enough
:04:09. > :04:12.on its own and it's going to take me to my limits mentally and
:04:12. > :04:15.physically to. Make it worse, I'm going to be doing it all in the
:04:15. > :04:21.Antarctic. If you have been watching Frozen Planet, you will
:04:21. > :04:25.know it's the toughest environment in the world.
:04:25. > :04:30.The South Pole - a place so inhospitable and remote that
:04:30. > :04:33.there's no wildlife at all. The subzero temperatures will test
:04:33. > :04:38.my body to its absolute limits. With the nearest medical facility
:04:38. > :04:42.nearly 500 miles away, being able to spot the signs of injury and
:04:42. > :04:47.illness is vital. Frostbite is the number one danger.
:04:47. > :04:50.In temperatures as low as minus 50, the skin and tissue underneath can
:04:50. > :04:56.freeze in seconds if they get exposed to the cold.
:04:56. > :05:01.In the worst cases, the effected area can end up being amputated.
:05:01. > :05:04.No-one knows exactly what terrain I'll be travelling over, and at any
:05:04. > :05:10.moment, I could end up near huge cracks in the ice hundreds of
:05:10. > :05:15.metres deep. I've had training to help me cope, but one wrong move
:05:15. > :05:18.could spell disaster. Even if I stay warm and safe,
:05:18. > :05:23.nothing can prepare me for the extreme weather which the Antarctic
:05:23. > :05:29.can bring in. In just minutes, blue skies can turn into raging
:05:29. > :05:35.blizzards with winds of up to 150mph. I could be snowed in,
:05:35. > :05:40.stranded or lost hundreds of miles from anywhere.
:05:40. > :05:46.The Antarctic is the most hostile place on earth and every minute of
:05:46. > :05:49.every day that I'm there, I'll need to stay fully alert to its dangers.
:05:49. > :05:54.Yes, it's a hostile environment, but I've been able to speak to
:05:54. > :05:59.scientists who know how to handle the cold, to explorers who've been
:05:59. > :06:03.there before me and experts who've travelled out the latest technology.
:06:03. > :06:09.One of them is Ranulph Fiennes. He's described as the world's
:06:09. > :06:15.greatest living explorer. He became the first person ever to
:06:15. > :06:21.reach the North Pole and South Pole. Early on in my training, went to
:06:21. > :06:26.Exmoor where Sir Ranulph Fiennes gave me some training to help me
:06:26. > :06:30.control my sled on the ice. Not too bad... Pulling tyres is an
:06:30. > :06:35.excellent way of replicating pulling a heavy sled full of
:06:35. > :06:39.equipment, although it may look strange. Embarrassing. So heavy.
:06:39. > :06:45.Are you ready to try the logs? If you are pulling and it won't come,
:06:45. > :06:48.don't try too often because if your energy gets exhausted, you need to
:06:48. > :06:53.learn the high jinx, pull to the left and right. Body down and
:06:53. > :07:00.Coombe up like that. In the Antarctic, I'll need to pull my
:07:00. > :07:05.sled over all sorts of terrain. uphill. Will I be on terrain like
:07:05. > :07:15.this that's sort of uneven? Try it as much as you possibly can and the
:07:15. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:20.moment you think you are not winning, turn round. Pfft... Oops-
:07:20. > :07:24.a-Daisy... Falling around isn't always advisable.
:07:24. > :07:29.I'm really impressed by Helen. She loves to do that little bit extra.
:07:29. > :07:34.You can see it it's a personal affront not to finish anything.
:07:34. > :07:37.Perfect attitude for what she's up I had no idea that the terrain
:07:38. > :07:42.would be that extreme and I didn't entertain the idea that my sledge
:07:42. > :07:46.would catch on things, jar and pull me back. Being able to control the
:07:46. > :07:50.sled is far more important than I first thought, as I was about to
:07:50. > :07:55.find out. What happened with your fingers?
:07:55. > :08:00.Well that was in water. It was at night, it was minus 45 and my
:08:00. > :08:05.sledge fell in the water, dragged me down ten feet. Once the sledge
:08:05. > :08:08.was in the water jammed, it had my tent and cooker so I had to get it
:08:08. > :08:13.out which meant putting my hand under the water. When the hand was
:08:13. > :08:17.in the water at minus two, it wasn't a problem, but later when it
:08:17. > :08:21.came out into minus 45 with a wet glove, I can tell you I lost all
:08:21. > :08:27.the ends of the fingers in only three minutes of being exposed to
:08:27. > :08:33.the wind and the cold with no insulation to protect them.
:08:33. > :08:37.Frostbite can really normally only be got in the extreme cold
:08:37. > :08:41.conditions if you allow your flesh to get to a certain temperature.
:08:41. > :08:44.The blood will freeze and that flesh will die, starting usually at
:08:44. > :08:48.the ends and then coming down towards the hands or toes. Even
:08:48. > :08:53.people with vast amounts of experience do get caught out and
:08:53. > :08:58.ultimately do fail don't they, so do I need to worry because I'm a
:08:58. > :09:01.complete novice? In 38 years of doing polar expeditions, I made a
:09:01. > :09:07.mistake for three minutes and that was too much and that can
:09:07. > :09:11.definitely happen to you unless you remember the basic rules.
:09:11. > :09:17.Meeting Sir Ranulph Fiennes made me realise how tough my challenge will
:09:17. > :09:20.be. The first British expetition to the North Pole happened over a
:09:21. > :09:25.hundred years ago. Today I'm in London at the Natural History
:09:25. > :09:31.Museum and this huge space is being transformed into a brand-new
:09:31. > :09:36.exhibition for 2012. It's all about Captain Robert Falcon Scott who 100
:09:36. > :09:41.years ago became the first British explorer to reach the South Pole.
:09:41. > :09:44.To find out more about his incredible story, I've come to the
:09:44. > :09:49.British Film Institute where they've restored a film made of
:09:49. > :09:52.Scott's expedition by the filmmaker Herbert Ponting. It gives a real
:09:52. > :09:57.insight into what the first South Pole explorers had to face. It's
:09:57. > :10:01.taken 14 experts two years to restore. Bryony Dixon is one of
:10:01. > :10:11.those experts who, having spent so much time working with the original
:10:11. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:17.film, now knows the story as well as anyone.
:10:17. > :10:22.So they must have had no idea what they were going to and no idea what
:10:22. > :10:28.to expect? As it says, only ten human beings has ever trodden on
:10:28. > :10:35.that bit of land in the world ever. No-one had any idea what was in the
:10:35. > :10:39.interior Antarctic. On the 1st November, 191, Captain Scott,
:10:39. > :10:43.Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans set
:10:43. > :10:47.out on their journey to the South Pole, their goal - to be the first
:10:47. > :10:53.people ever to get there. Scott and his team weren't the only
:10:53. > :10:57.ones wanting to get there first, Norwegian Captain Roald Amundsen
:10:57. > :11:02.also landed a team in Antarctic. The race to the Pole was on.
:11:02. > :11:08.What he didn't know was that Amundsen picked a better route. It
:11:08. > :11:13.was shorter, more direct and it didn't have to go up this huge
:11:13. > :11:17.glacier. Travelling with Scott were four support parties, their task
:11:17. > :11:21.was to drop off large quantities of food at Des naited points along the
:11:21. > :11:25.route which Scott and his men would use on the return journey --
:11:26. > :11:30.designated. There's no food in Antarctic at all, so you've got to
:11:30. > :11:34.take everything you need with you. Once the last of the support
:11:34. > :11:40.parties had turned back, Scott and his companions were left all alone
:11:40. > :11:45.to face the great white silence. Exhausted, frozen and starving
:11:45. > :11:48.after 78 days of travelling, Scott and his men finally reached the
:11:49. > :11:53.South Pole on the 17th January, 1912.
:11:53. > :12:00.It should have been the greatest moment of their lives. But to their
:12:00. > :12:04.dismay, they found a small deserted tent and the Norwegian flag already
:12:04. > :12:10.flying. Roald Amundsen had beaten Scott to the bottom of the earth by
:12:10. > :12:15.just 33 days. Shattered by the news, he wrote in his diary: It's a
:12:15. > :12:21.terrible disappointment and I'm very sorry for my loyal companions.
:12:21. > :12:25.Great God, this is an awful place. Devastated, the team had to face
:12:25. > :12:31.the brutal return journey 850 miles back to base camp and they were
:12:31. > :12:35.already running low on food. Even if they had enough foopd and
:12:35. > :12:41.the conditions had been better, they may not have survived -- food.
:12:41. > :12:45.They used all of their body fat. the 17th February, the first man
:12:45. > :12:49.died. Edgar Evans fell into a coma from which he never woke up. The
:12:49. > :12:54.next to fall was Captain Oates, suffering from terrible frostbite,
:12:54. > :12:59.he left the tent saying "I'm just going outside and I may be some
:12:59. > :13:07.time". They never saw him again. This is the really tragic, tragic
:13:07. > :13:12.bit, is that they got within 11 miles of the food depot. It was one
:13:12. > :13:16.day's march. After all that. they just couldn't do it.
:13:16. > :13:26.Tragically for Scott and his men, a storm trapped them in their tent
:13:26. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:31.for five days. On Thursday 29th March, he wrote "It seems a pity
:13:31. > :13:37.but I don't think I can write any more". One by one, they died where
:13:37. > :13:41.they lay, heroic to the bitter end. I'll deal with those conditions,
:13:41. > :13:46.I'll have to go through that process of dragging a sledge,
:13:46. > :13:50.melting snow, putting up a tent, trying to sleep in those freezing
:13:50. > :13:54.conditions and it isn't all that different, or it doesn't feel like
:13:54. > :13:57.it's going to be all that different to what I'll go through, so it's
:13:57. > :14:01.quite scary. Although they didn't make it home, Scott and his men
:14:01. > :14:06.discovered things that are still hugely important today.
:14:06. > :14:09.Scott and his team collected some amazing things while they were on
:14:09. > :14:15.their journey. One of them actually changed the way we think about the
:14:15. > :14:22.world and that particular piece is in front of me now along with Dr
:14:22. > :14:30.Peta Hayes. What exactly is it? Well, this is a fossil of an
:14:30. > :14:33.extinct plant called glossopteris that lived millions of years ago.
:14:33. > :14:39.It's incredibly difficult to see in this Antarctic material. So I've
:14:39. > :14:43.got this specimen from India to show you. Glossopteris has a tong-
:14:43. > :14:49.shaped leaf and a very distinctive vein pattern. So now I hope you
:14:49. > :14:54.will be able to see that vein pattern in Scott's specimen from
:14:54. > :14:58.Antarctic. So this suggests that there were leaves in Antarctic but
:14:58. > :15:02.I thought it was too cold for anything to live there snfrpblgt
:15:02. > :15:06.absolutely. This amazing discovery that there were large plants
:15:06. > :15:12.growing in Antarctic made it clear to everyone that it can't always
:15:12. > :15:18.have been as cold in Antarctic as it is today. It sparked a hundred
:15:18. > :15:23.years of research in to past climates. Goes sop ter ris was a
:15:23. > :15:28.key piece of evidence supporting the theory of continental drift --
:15:28. > :15:32.glossopteris, which is the idea that continents move over time. It
:15:33. > :15:36.helped prove that all the southern hemisphere continents were once
:15:36. > :15:39.joined together. People said Scott and his men collected a few rocks
:15:39. > :15:44.on their back. This isn't just a rock. Do you think they had any
:15:44. > :15:48.idea how important that rock is? They didn't know it was
:15:48. > :15:55.glossopteris, but they did know it was important. Even though they
:15:55. > :16:00.were struggling, they collected it and they kept it with them. This
:16:00. > :16:05.specimen is so precious because it is one of the 16 kilos of rock that
:16:05. > :16:10.they kept on their sled that was then found with their bodies when
:16:10. > :16:13.the rescuers discovered Scott and the team. Now, I haven't got a
:16:13. > :16:17.scientific mission. That's not why I'm going out to Antarctic. But
:16:18. > :16:27.there is a very good reason. Here are some of the children that I'm
:16:28. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:34.Since I've been involved with Sport Relief and Comic Relief, I've had
:16:34. > :16:38.the opportunity to meet some fantastic people whose lives have
:16:38. > :16:44.been changed by projects funded by the money that you raise.
:16:44. > :16:47.Among them are three hugely inspiring young men: Hamza, Henry
:16:47. > :16:51.and Josh. When I met Josh, it was clear that
:16:51. > :16:56.he spent most of his time caring for his sick mum. His dad died win
:16:56. > :17:01.he was young, so it's down to Josh to do all the work around the house,
:17:01. > :17:04.and I mean everything, cleaning, cooking, the lot. He's the grown up
:17:04. > :17:10.in the house, the man of the house. But thanks to a project funded by
:17:10. > :17:14.Sport Relief, Josh does get a break. What 4? Is a youth project that
:17:14. > :17:17.gives dozens of kids with tough lives a place to hang out and to
:17:17. > :17:23.just enjoy being themselves. Sport Relief supports projects all over
:17:23. > :17:29.the world. Henry lives in Lema, the capital of Peru. When I met him, he
:17:29. > :17:34.was nine years old and this is where he worked.
:17:35. > :17:38.It's so steep, you can't see the bottom. This is a total wasteland.
:17:38. > :17:42.This is ridiculous. Henry spent hours sifting through the rubbish
:17:42. > :17:47.looking for anything that could be recycled so he could sell it. Any
:17:47. > :17:54.money he made, he gave straight to his family, just so they could
:17:54. > :18:01.afford to eat. I've got tough walking boots on, so I'm pretty
:18:01. > :18:05.safe. Henry's got trainers that are ripped. I don't even think you even
:18:06. > :18:09.need me to stand here and say it's this, that and dangerous because
:18:09. > :18:12.it's plain to see. In this neighbourhood, there is hope for
:18:12. > :18:16.children like Henry. Processo Sociale is a Sport Relief-funded
:18:16. > :18:23.project that gets children off the rubbish dump. They learn social
:18:24. > :18:28.skills, play games and, most importantly, they can be kids.
:18:28. > :18:33.Like Henry, children living in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, can
:18:33. > :18:37.struggle just to survive. More than a million people live
:18:37. > :18:41.here but shockingly, more than 2,000 of them are children that
:18:41. > :18:45.sleep on the streets. When I was there, Hamza was one of them. He
:18:46. > :18:51.slept by the side of the road with only a piece of cardboard and a
:18:51. > :19:00.potato sack to keep him warm. How long has Hamza been living on the
:19:00. > :19:04.streets? Hamza has been on the street over two years. Two years?!
:19:04. > :19:09.His mum died and he fell out with his step mum. He told me she
:19:09. > :19:19.threatened him with a knife so he ran away. What is it like going to
:19:19. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:24.sleep here every night? It Dirty, doesn't like it. Terrible.
:19:24. > :19:28.But Hamza can have a better future. This drop-in centre gives children
:19:28. > :19:35.with nowhere else to go a safe place. It provides a decent meal
:19:35. > :19:41.and somewhere to learn and play. It's a completely different world
:19:41. > :19:46.and he's a completely different kid. I've seen it first hand, so please
:19:46. > :19:50.believe me when I say that projects like these funded by Sport Relief
:19:50. > :19:53.really do make a huge difference to the lives of children all over the
:19:53. > :19:57.world. They're the reason that I'm doing
:19:57. > :20:01.this. Yes, I know it's going to be difficult and there'll be times
:20:01. > :20:05.when I'm totally out of my comfort zone, but I can't exactly complain
:20:05. > :20:09.when you think about Josh or Henry or Hamza. They face challenges
:20:09. > :20:12.every single day and they don't have any choice about it. Sport
:20:12. > :20:16.Relief helps people living difficult lives here in the UK and
:20:16. > :20:20.in some of the world's poorest countries. I'm hoping that by doing
:20:20. > :20:24.this challenge, I'll inspire you to get involved with Sport Relief.
:20:24. > :20:28.We'll be telling you how in the New Year.
:20:28. > :20:33.There's no way I could go on an expedition like this without a huge
:20:33. > :20:38.amount of specialist training. And there's been a lot to learn.
:20:38. > :20:43.I've been preparing for this epic journey for about five months. I've
:20:43. > :20:51.trained pretty much every day to try and get my body and stamina up
:20:51. > :20:57.to scratch. First, to make sure that I'm fit enough, I had to pass
:20:57. > :21:02.a tough medical. OK. Keep driving... Push those legs, come on! Have I
:21:02. > :21:07.passed? Green light for go, looking forward to it. Then the real hard
:21:07. > :21:12.work began. To prepare my body to pull my heavy sled I've spent day
:21:12. > :21:16.after day training in every situation imaginable.
:21:16. > :21:21.That's it. And push... 500 miles, are you having a laugh... I'd have
:21:22. > :21:25.to get used to it if I were to have any chance of making it to the
:21:25. > :21:30.South Pole. I've had to learn kite skiing. I got to grips with the
:21:30. > :21:36.kite on the land first, then the water. It took me to Devon for over
:21:36. > :21:40.a week in the hands of one of the best kite surfers from the UK. Then
:21:40. > :21:50.I turned kite surfing into kite skiing. Ou. With a week of training
:21:50. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :21:59.in the frozen mountains of New By far the most unusual part of my
:21:59. > :22:02.journey has been getting my head around the ice bike. It's a
:22:02. > :22:07.specially adapted bike with fat tyres and no-one's ever
:22:07. > :22:12.successfully used one to get to the South Pole before. I went to Los
:22:12. > :22:18.Angeles in America to get the bike and practise on sandy dunes and
:22:18. > :22:25.beaches. I've also picked up some invaluable off road biking skills.
:22:25. > :22:32.Let it roll, roll, roll... Let it roll.
:22:32. > :22:36.I can't. Keep it going, keep it going, keep it going... Yeah!
:22:36. > :22:40.it! And I've spent time under hi- tech observation in a science lab
:22:40. > :22:47.where I've tested out different body positions to help me find the
:22:47. > :22:52.best possible posture to use when I cycle. Body positioning is
:22:52. > :22:58.excellent, as long as she can keep that up for 500 miles. OK, Helen,
:22:58. > :23:03.we are done with that run, you can stop pedalling. Explorers often say
:23:03. > :23:08.the most successful expeditions are those with the best preparation.
:23:08. > :23:10.I've given my all over the past few months. And now, as I leave for the
:23:10. > :23:14.South Pole, I'll find out if it's been enough.
:23:14. > :23:18.Obviously the main aim of this is for me to get to the South Pole,
:23:18. > :23:22.but it will be hard enough just to survive down there because it's
:23:22. > :23:27.such a brutal environment. That's why I'll be taking some hi-tech
:23:27. > :23:33.gadgets. But 100 years ago, the options available to Scott were far
:23:33. > :23:37.fewer. These items that you can see in front of me now were actually
:23:37. > :23:42.part of Scott's expedition to the Antarctic. You can see them for
:23:42. > :23:46.yourselves at the Natural History Museum in the New Year and Lou is
:23:46. > :23:49.from the museum. These are so precious that I can't handle them,
:23:49. > :23:54.but you can. These boots, if you tip them over for us, you can see
:23:55. > :23:58.on the bottom, they look a little like football boots. You are
:23:58. > :24:02.handling that so delicately. They look like football boots because
:24:02. > :24:06.the studs would have helped Scott and his men grip on the ice. He was
:24:06. > :24:12.pulling a big sled so that could have dragged him backwards but with
:24:13. > :24:17.the studs, it meant he could move forwards. These boots here are made
:24:17. > :24:20.of caribou fur. Lots of people still say it's the best thing to
:24:20. > :24:25.use in conditions like the Antarctic, animal fur. These
:24:25. > :24:29.goggles, to me I kind of think they are comical because I thought the
:24:29. > :24:33.silver lid would be taken off, I thought you could hardly see
:24:33. > :24:38.through those, but they would have been worn exactly like that and the
:24:38. > :24:42.slits used just to look through. They are different to my goggles, I
:24:42. > :24:48.have a bigger vie zor which means a lot of my face will be covered so
:24:48. > :24:52.my skin, fingers crossed, should be protected from the elements. Down
:24:52. > :24:55.here, we can see a gorgeous and very warm sleeping bag. This is
:24:55. > :25:00.made out of animal fur. I'm not going to be taking one like this,
:25:00. > :25:05.I'm going to be taking something a lot more hi-tech with a big hood
:25:05. > :25:09.that will wrap around my head. As well as kit, food is going to be
:25:09. > :25:12.crucial if this expedition is going to be a success. In the cold
:25:12. > :25:18.conditions, you burn more calories and I'm going to be using a lot of
:25:18. > :25:23.energy pulling that sled along. So, I'll be eating a main meal in the
:25:23. > :25:27.form of this - dehydrated food which is basically food that's had
:25:27. > :25:31.all the water taken out of it so that it's lighter and easier to
:25:31. > :25:39.carry. I'll empty the contents of that into a pan, add some snow or
:25:39. > :25:44.ice then melt it on a little stove. It will turn out a bit like this.
:25:44. > :25:50.Now, I have to be honest, it doesn't look that appetising, but I
:25:50. > :25:53.bet it tastes a lot nicer than the Pemmican which is what Scott was
:25:53. > :25:58.eating. It's basically ground up meat with a bit of fat in and he
:25:58. > :26:02.too would have added snow and ice to turn it into a stew. You can see
:26:02. > :26:06.I only have one piece of cutlery because I have to be careful about
:26:06. > :26:11.the amount of items I take, I need the sled to be light. I'll be
:26:11. > :26:15.taking a spoon, fork and knife in one. Scott would have eaten a lot
:26:15. > :26:19.of biscuits and snacked on them throughout the day to keep his
:26:19. > :26:26.energy levels up and I too will be snacking throughout the day. This
:26:26. > :26:29.table is the amount of snacks I will be having in one day alone. I
:26:30. > :26:34.have some very fatty foods because I need to get a lot of energy out
:26:34. > :26:38.of a little amount of food so I'm not carrying tens and tens of
:26:38. > :26:41.chocolate bars. I'll be eating nuts, cheese, chocolate and dried food.
:26:41. > :26:47.As well as that, I'll be drinking lots of tea and hot chocolate to
:26:47. > :26:51.keep me warm, safe and well. But the big news is, I'm leaving
:26:51. > :26:54.tomorrow! I'm not coming back until the start of February. There's
:26:54. > :26:58.going to be a special map on the Blue Peter website so you can see
:26:58. > :27:01.how many miles I'm hopefully covering each day. If you head over
:27:01. > :27:04.to the message boards after this programme, you will be able to let
:27:04. > :27:09.me mow what you think about this expedition. It's impossible for me
:27:09. > :27:13.to say whether I'm excited or inner vous because one minute I think
:27:13. > :27:17.that this is the biggest and best adventure I could ever be wish to
:27:17. > :27:22.be part of, the next I'm so intimidated I could cry just
:27:22. > :27:25.thinking about it -- excited or nervous. I owe a lot of people a
:27:25. > :27:29.huge thank you for getting me this far. And this isn't just my journey,
:27:29. > :27:32.it's all of ours, so stick with me and fingers crossed, I'll be able
:27:32. > :27:36.to join you on the first show of the New Year live from the
:27:36. > :27:41.Antarctic on the 12th January. There's also going to be a special