Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Camilla Hempleman-Adams and her father David celebrated with brandy in a tent after finishing their dangerous trip across the Arctic on Wednesday.

Speaking via satellite phone she said she will relish getting back to a normal diet and the comforts of home.

"I've been sharing a tent with four men and two women and the snoring has been unbearable despite my ear plugs," she said.

"The food has been disgusting. It's like sick. I'm really looking forward to my first pizza or spaghetti when I get back to civilisation."

Camilla left the UK with a group of 11 explorers led by her father and Norwegian polar expert Rune Gjeldnes on Thursday last week.

They flew to Longyearbyen in Norway where they underwent two days cold weather training before flying to the ice camp Barneo where they were due to ski the last degree to the North Pole.

However, due to a heavy ice drift they had to get a helicopter closer to the Pole in order to complete the expedition on schedule.

The team of 13 reached the geographic North Pole at 3pm on Wednesday.

Camilla - whose father has now travelled to the North Pole 10 times - said: "This has been the hardest thing I've ever done in my life."