Can't remember who it was but someone recently posted on here that this would be a waste of time and that she'd miss school etc.
IMHO she embodies the British spirit for adventure and exploration that we used to be so famous for. All good character building stuff, a fantastic achievement.
Oh well jno, better that type of rivalry than the type that sees some of today's feckless youth outdoing each other in looting, ASBO's and teen pregnancy.
next thing the Hempleman-Adams baby will be demanding that he be pulled on a sled to the east pole.
Good luck to her, it must have been a lot of fun (though reasonably safe fun). I wouldn't swear it's of much educational value, though. She wouldn't even have had the chance to learn 50 Eskimo words for snow as she was in the wrong hemisphere.