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Blue Peter's Helen Skelton finishes Amazon journey

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Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has become the first woman to kayak the entire length of the Amazon.

She was greeted by cheering children and celebratory gunfire as she crossed the finish line after kayaking 2,000 miles.

Skelton set off on January 20 near Nauta in Peru, and finished 2,010 miles downstream at Almerim in Brazil.

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