Pole trek means boy has been to all seven continents

Jamie's says Antarctica was "like no place I have been before"

An eight-year-old boy who is travelling the globe in a bid to break a world record has described some of his "super-cool" adventures.

Jamie, from Preston, has just returned from Antarctica and is believed to be the youngest British person to have visited all seven continents.

He has so far visited 85 countries with his mother, planting trees in Borneo, helping build a school in Tanzania, and staying with a Maasai tribe in Zanzibar.

Jamie, who is being schooled during his travels, said he loves his unique globetrotting life, adding: "It's lots of fun. I get to learn things as I travel and not just in a classroom."

Hayley says she and Jamie have shared "incredible moments together" during their adventures

Jamie plans to visit 197 countries as part of his aim to set a Guinness world record for being the youngest person to visit all sovereign countries.

His mother, Hayley, said they never set out on their adventures with a world record in mind.

She said they "just had wanderlust in their souls" after Jamie's father died when Jamie was six months old.

Jamie has visited all seven continents after his latest trip to Antarctica

The 45-year-old, who was a personal trainer before co-founding travel business Making Travel Pay, said it made them realise "how precious life actually is".

Jamie said his latest trip to Antarctica aboard the HX Hurtigruten was "amazing".

"It was like no place I have been before," he said.

Hayley said HX Hurtigruten Expeditions allowed Jamie to take part in its science research program, and he had lessons from its team of leading scientists.

Jamie planted trees in Borneo

Other highlights from his extensive travels are Tanzania where he saw the "big five" of elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard, Lapland, where he met Father Christmas, and Egypt, where he saw the pyramids.

Jamie also had the chance to stay with a Maasai warrior in a hut along with goats, chickens and dogs.

"We milked cows, learnt how to be a warrior and mum drank goats blood," Jamie said.

Hayley said he is being "world-schooled", and has a tutor helping him with maths and English.

He is also learning from people he meets on his adventures, she added.

Jamie said his friends from Preston thought his globetrotting was "pretty cool".

While he said he missed roast dinners when he was away, he was open to trying new food, including crocodile bites, which he discovered on a Thailand street market.

Jamie says his friends thought his globetrotting was "pretty cool"

Hayley added: "We've had so many highs and experienced so many incredible moments together," she said.

"It hasn't all been smooth sailing... but as a family we have grown from them together," she said.

"We wouldn't have it any other way."