LONDON — Prince Harry says he hopes to join a group of disabled soldiers in a charity expedition to the North Pole to raise money for wounded troops.
The 25-year-old prince, who is patron of the four-week trek campaign, launched the event today in London.
The participants — ex-soldiers who lost their limbs while serving — aim to cover up to 300 miles across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking the Siberian approach to the North Pole next spring. They hope to become the first amputees to reach the pole.
Harry said he would love to join the team for part of the route, “if my military commitments allow me.”
The prince is training to become a helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps.
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