A 16-year-old boy from Bristol has set a new world record by becoming the youngest person to have trekked to the South Pole.
Lewis Clarke spent 48 days at temperatures as low as -50C, winds of up to 120 mph and arrived at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at 18:00 GMT after completing the 702-mile journey from the Antarctic coast, the BBC reported.
On his arrival, he said that he was really happy but mostly relieved that for the first time in 48 days he didn't have to get up the next day and drag his sled for nine hours in the snow and icy wind.
Clarke said that it was really hard in the end as the closer he got to the Pole the slower he went as his legs had had enough, but now that he has reached, he had some spaghetti bolognaise and is sitting in a heated tent.
He will now be submitting evidence to Guinness World Records so that his claim can be officially verified.
