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The Guardian has a slideshow of amazing photos from the Arctic challange. Click here to watch it.

The Guardian has a slideshow of amazing photos from the Arctic challange. Click here to watch it. [...]

Woke very tired on Thursday. Our last trip was to the Trinations border where Norway, Sweden and Finland meet. We had wonderful views. I climbed onto the border monument with the other MPs and had my photo taken with Martin Field, the fund-raising director of The Children's Society.    There was [...]

We've seen northern lights for four nights in a row. On the second night it was quite spectacular. The lights move, shimmer and drop as you watch them. The look like a Ballerina's tutu shimmering and waving. There were also huge swirls in the sky, like stirring cream into coffee. [...]

Wednesday was a really long day. We went to the top of the world on a mountain range. We got to the a plateau and had a 360 degree view of mountains glowing in the sunshine. We had lunch there....

Wednesday was a really long day. We went to the top of the world on a mountain range. We got to the a plateau and had a 360 degree view of mountains glowing in the sunshine. We had lunch there. Norwegian Mountains Lunch on top of the world I have five [...]

ITV's London tonight will be showing coverage of the Arctic trek from 6pm tonight and 6pm tomorrow. Tune in to see more snow, huskies and igloo building!

ITV's London tonight will be showing coverage of the Arctic trek from 6pm tonight and 6pm tomorrow. Tune in to see more snow, huskies and igloo building! [...]

Valentine's eve was a hard day. It was cold with grey snow ladened sky. The pulled muscle was quite undermining as it affects so much of what I wanted to do. I couldn't walk in deep snow or push on...

Valentine's eve was a hard day. It was cold with grey snow ladened sky. The pulled muscle was quite undermining as it affects so much of what I wanted to do. I couldn't walk in deep snow or push on the sled very easily. I couldn't even get on the [...]

My hair, eyelashes and eyebrows froze. Even the inside of my nose froze.

My hair, eyelashes and eyebrows froze. Even the inside of my nose froze. [...]

Dog sled Kilpisjarvi - Trination Meeting Point - Kilpisjarvi Today we make a return trip with the dogs to the meeting point of Finland, Norway and Sweden where we cross our third national border. We will head back to the hotel to part with our thermals and say our thanks and [...]

We spent Monday night in this Reindeer herder hut, and saw the most wonderful northern lights. It had no electricity, but had water, unlike the next night. The four women shared this hut, and there were two other huts for the men. [...]

Monday's trek was cold. Hair, eyelashes, eyebrows and even the inside of my nose froze. On the upside, I had a new turbo powered team of huskies for the morning. On the downside, my team got changed in the afternoon for one that wasn't quite so turbo charged. They didn't like [...]