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| Amelia Hempleman-Adams back home after pole challenge | Amelia Hempleman-Adams back home after pole challenge |
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| The world's youngest person to ski to the south pole has arrived back in the UK. | The world's youngest person to ski to the south pole has arrived back in the UK. |
| Amelia Hempleman-Adams, 16, and her explorer father David Hempleman-Adams, reached the pole at 01:30 GMT on Friday after skiing 97 miles. | |
| The Wiltshire pair spent 17 nights in the Antarctic, enduring temperatures as low as -50C (-58F) and whiteouts, to complete the challenge. | |
| Miss Hempleman-Adams said it had been an "extraordinary experience". | Miss Hempleman-Adams said it had been an "extraordinary experience". |
| 'Frozen poo' | 'Frozen poo' |
| "The biggest challenges were the freezing cold, dried food, pulling frozen poo in a sledge, Dad's snoring," she said. | "The biggest challenges were the freezing cold, dried food, pulling frozen poo in a sledge, Dad's snoring," she said. |
| "The best bit has been experiencing what Dad does on expeditions. | "The best bit has been experiencing what Dad does on expeditions. |
| "It's the first time I've been on a trek with him and now I know what it's like." | "It's the first time I've been on a trek with him and now I know what it's like." |
| Mr Hempleman-Adams, who was the first Briton to reach the south pole solo and unsupported, said Amelia had done "amazingly well". | Mr Hempleman-Adams, who was the first Briton to reach the south pole solo and unsupported, said Amelia had done "amazingly well". |
| "I'm very proud of her but this expedition was probably the most challenging for me," he said. | "I'm very proud of her but this expedition was probably the most challenging for me," he said. |
| "I'm very protective of Amelia who is my youngest daughter. | "I'm very protective of Amelia who is my youngest daughter. |
| "It's one thing going off on an expedition on your own but another thing when you are looking after your own teenager daughter." | "It's one thing going off on an expedition on your own but another thing when you are looking after your own teenager daughter." |
| The pair, along with a small team, started their trip from The Farthest Point South, where Shackleton had to turn back on 9 January, 1909. | The pair, along with a small team, started their trip from The Farthest Point South, where Shackleton had to turn back on 9 January, 1909. |
| Miss Hempleman-Adams carried a photograph of Shackleton and a commemorative coin - gifts from his granddaughter Alexandra Shackleton. |