Prince Harry may join South Pole expedition
14 May 2012 9:57 AM IST
After his four-day North Pole expedition, Prince Harry is said to be eyeing a trek to the South Pole.
The 27-year-old third-in-line to the British throne is, in fact, in talks to join wounded soldiers on another ambitious but much longer polar mission - this time to deepest Antarctica, the Sunday Express reported.
A source said: ‘The will is certainly there but it is all a question of timing.’
Harry joined four soldiers on the first part of their Arctic trek last year to raise money for the charity Walking With The Wounded, of which he is patron.
Military commitments meant that he was not able to complete the whole of the 13-day, 190-mile journey to the North Pole, in which he dragged a 220 pounds sled in temperatures as low as minus 35C. Despite the harsh conditions he endured, aides are understood to be looking at his diary to see if it might be possible to fit in the five-week trek to the South Pole in November and December 2013, the newspaper said.
Harry also paid tribute to the four former servicemen he joined on the trek last April to the North Pole, admitting that he had ‘struggled to keep up with them’.
Guy Disney, Jaco van Gass, Martin Hewitt and Steve Young were the fastest team to reach the Pole that season, despite all having sustained horrific injuries in the field.
The 27-year-old third-in-line to the British throne is, in fact, in talks to join wounded soldiers on another ambitious but much longer polar mission - this time to deepest Antarctica, the Sunday Express reported.
A source said: ‘The will is certainly there but it is all a question of timing.’
Harry joined four soldiers on the first part of their Arctic trek last year to raise money for the charity Walking With The Wounded, of which he is patron.
Military commitments meant that he was not able to complete the whole of the 13-day, 190-mile journey to the North Pole, in which he dragged a 220 pounds sled in temperatures as low as minus 35C. Despite the harsh conditions he endured, aides are understood to be looking at his diary to see if it might be possible to fit in the five-week trek to the South Pole in November and December 2013, the newspaper said.
Harry also paid tribute to the four former servicemen he joined on the trek last April to the North Pole, admitting that he had ‘struggled to keep up with them’.
Guy Disney, Jaco van Gass, Martin Hewitt and Steve Young were the fastest team to reach the Pole that season, despite all having sustained horrific injuries in the field.
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