Alex Scott and Vicky Pattison sported fun red noses backstage at The One Show after returning from their Arctic adventure for Comic Relief.
The sports expert, 39, and TV personality, 36, smiled after their interview about the charity’s coldest challenge ever.
The pair, along with Laura Whitmore and Sara Davies, took on the Snow Going Back challenge on February 19, covering 50km across the Arctic Circle over the course of four days.
Traveling through the frozen location, which is usually a training site for British Special Forces, the four women walked, cycled and even skied to reach their goal.
Raising money for those struggling in Britain and beyond, Vicky and Alex divulged the ins and outs of the “latest” and “grueling” fundraising task to The One Show hosts Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas.
Alex Scott and Vicky Pattison sported fun red noses backstage at The One Show after returning from their Arctic adventure for Comic Relief.
The women, along with Laura Whitmore and Sara Davies, took on the Snow Going Back challenge, covering 50km across the Arctic Circle over the course of four days (left to right: Laura Whitmore, Sara Davies, Alex Scott and Vicky Pattison )
Alex, who sent an update to the talk show while braving sub-zero temperatures, said: “It was exhausting, which is why I remember sending the message thinking you (Jermaine) and Alex would probably be laughing at me.”
‘You know I hate the cold and it’s very hard to describe, don’t you Vicky? How cold she really was.
“So sleeping in a tent at night trying to survive that way with no heat, pulling a sled, the fat bike and everything, was the ultimate challenge.”
Sharing how team spirit helped them get through the arduous journey, Alex at one point brought supplies to his teammates to help lighten the load.
“I think at the time I thought okay, I know I’m physically strong, so now I can take some of the load,” the presenter said.
Explaining that Sara and Vicky kept camp morale high, he added: “We all had different strengths.”
“Everyone got through it at different times and I think it was very inspiring to be a part of this group.”
‘All of us know we are doing it for a greater cause and no one slacked off at all. In reality, we were all trying to do more for each other.
Alex (left) told the One Show hosts: “Sleeping in a tent at night trying to survive that way with no heat, pulling a sled, the fat bike and everything, was the ultimate challenge.”
Chatting to Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas (pictured), Vicky said the sportscaster was being “very humble” and described her as a “weapon”.
Vicky also shared their hilarious bonding moment, joking: “I had Alex’s toe in my armpit within 24 minutes of being there.”
Vicky added: ‘She’s a real weapon, she’s being very modest. The way she pulled the sled some days, without her I don’t know if we would have made it.’
Reflecting on how the entire women’s team came together, Vicky hilariously joked: “I had Alex’s toe in my armpit within 24 minutes of being there.”
The sportscaster, laughing, chimed in: “That’s how you stay warm because because of the cold, you could lose your fingers and toes.”
“So you really need to be a team and help each other, so that was our first bonding moment.”
Some of the money raised during their treacherous challenge will go to charities such as Hebburn Helps Foodbank in South Tyneside, not far from where Vicky is from.
The reality TV star revealed she learned some heartbreaking statistics while visiting the food bank just a stone’s throw from her home one day before embarking on the icy adventure.
“Three out of every four people who visit food banks are going to be women and that’s because 65 percent of household chores always fall to women,” she said.
‘Raising children and looking after the house is traditionally women’s work, so all the pressure falls on them.
“So not only were we Comic Relief’s first all-female challenge, but we were girls doing it for girls and we thought that was really important.”
Snow Going Back Comic Relief v The Artic airs next Monday at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Part of the money raised will go to a food bank near Vicky’s home, a problem that disproportionately affects women.
Vicky highlighted the importance of her all-female team, saying: “We were girls and we did it for girls” (pictured: Sara Davies).
