Adventurer extraordinaire David Hempleman-Adams has successfully navigated the Britannic Challenge balloon to the North Pole. The Britannic Challenge first reached the North Pole at 3am the morning of June 1st, meeting the objectives set out at the start of the adventure. Fair winds continued to blow the balloon towards the geographical centre of the North Pole completing a four day 94 hour adventure covering over 1,400 kilometres.The feat, regarded by many as being one of the most dangerous balloon flights possible, was relayed by David to the Britannic Control Centre in Birmingham. A jubilant David could hardly contain his delight in completing the Challenge This is a personal victory as well as a record breaking achievement. With fair wind and a great team, man can truly achieve the impossible.Don Cameron, British Delegate for ballooning to the FAI and a member of the BBAC rules sub-committee said I would consider getting beyond 89 degrees to be reaching the North Pole, so to get within a quarter of a degree of 90 degrees as David did is a fantastic achievement.David set or broke a remarkable number of records:First balloonist to fly solo across the Arctic OceanFirst balloonist to fly solo to the North PoleLongest solo flight by a British balloonist at 132 hoursLongest flight by a 90 Roziere (hybrid hot air and helium) balloon [current record 124 hours 34 mins]Altitude record for the Arctic at over 15000 feetDistance record for the Arctic at 1400 kms to the North Pole Ring and 2451 kms in totalDuration record for the Arctic at 132 hoursAn enthusiastic indoor rower, once David's had a chance to catch up on all the episodes of EastEnders that he's missed (ooh, that Dan's a rat), we'll try and collar him for our Top Tips column.