A 15-year-old girl is preparing to set a new world record as the youngest person to walk to the North Pole.
Alicia Hempleman-Adams is following in her father David's footsteps, as he is also a famous explorer.
She'll have to walk with a rucksack and sledge for two weeks, along a 200-mile route that will take her over glaciers and frozen lakes.
Alicia said: "It's going to be pretty cold, but amazing scenery. I think we are pretty prepared."
Temperatures can get down to minus 30C at the pole, but Alicia is prepared for the cold, and has even been practising by walking at her local ice rink.
If she's successful, it will be her second North Pole record - when she was eight, she was flown to the Pole to meet her father, becoming the youngest person to reach the spot.
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