HELEN SKELTON: South Pole expedition

Still time to sponsor TV presenter's record breaking charity challenge

Daredevil television presenter Helen Skelton has made it across Antarctica for Sport Relief but there is still time to show your support for her epic challenge...


The 28-year-old sped 500 miles across Antarctica by ski, kite and bike but there is still an opportunity to sponsor the heroic Blue Peter TV presenter now she has completed her Polar Challenge for Sport Relief.

Sport Relief is still accepting sponsorships for Helen's formidable achievement and for those inspired enough to get active and get fundraising themselves they can also become involved in their own charity fundraising activities this year as part of the Sport Relief Mile.

The Sport Relief Mile is the centrepiece of Sport Relief which is gathering momentum as part of 2012 London Olympics year...

Sport Relief Mile events are taking place UK wide on Sunday March 25 with the public invited to try one, three or six mile challenges for local and international charity causes.

In her record breaking challenge Helen has become the first person to use a bike as part of an expedition to the South Pole. She also set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest 100km by kite ski, covering 100km across Antarctica in seven hours and 28 minutes...

The children's TV presenter reached the South Pole in only 18 days by ski, bike and kite travelling up to 14 hours a day in the harshest and most inhospitable conditions on the planet, including sub-zero temperatures and snow storms.

Also for those that want to see what it was like raising funds for charity the hard way and tackling minus 48 degrees Celsius, snow blisters and dehydration and other hardships, all the effort and excitement from Helen's Polar Challenge for Sport Relief is being broadcast in a new series on the BBC... The broadcasts of Helen's chilly challenge will start on Blue Peter on BBC One on January 23 at 4.30pm.

Helen's Polar Challenge for Sport Relief in total covered 329 miles by kite ski, 103 miles by bike and 68 miles by cross country ski, the intrepid explorer arriving at the South Pole at 11.40am local time on Sunday January 22...


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