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He was never once upset, the adventure was on the top of things he wanted to do before he died,&quot; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 12 months, Mr Metcalf and a team of explorers have raised in excess of &pound;31,500 for the military charity.<\/p>\n<p>His latest challenge will see him travel from Liverpool to Cape Town and battle temperatures as low as -30 degrees C.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801549604-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801549604\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man will cross the Arctic in aid of Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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