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Wounded soldiers to attempt record-breaking North Pole race

David Hempleman-Adams at Resolute Bay on the eve of his first solo expedition to the North Pole. Credit: Barry Batchelor/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Wiltshire explorer David Hempleman-Adams is leading a team of four injured servicemen in a race to the North Pole next month.

If they make it, they'll be the first wounded soldiers to reach both poles. However climate change is making Arctic exploration more difficult.