Compilation Harry's Arctic Heroes

The Arctic, one of the harshest environments on the planet.

Warm the hands up before they get excruciatingly cold.

Temperatures can sink to minus 50 degrees centigrade,

the wind can reach 110 miles an hour,

and all that's between you and 2.5 miles of ink-black Arctic Ocean

are a few thin inches of ice.

If your pole goes in and you're not in your harness, you go to the bottom of the sea.

Careful!

Into this extreme, four wounded British soldiers...

Oh, right on the ribs!

It is quite hard, we're not making a lot of ground.

..two expedition founders...

It's the end of day... Oh, holy cow.

..one polar guide...

We have to be more careful because the pole can run over and break your leg.

-..and one prince...

-No matter who you are, unless you really hate the cold,

this place is amazing.

Together they'll attempt the first unsupported trek to the North Pole

by wounded servicemen.

If successful, they'll set a new world record.

This is the story of their journey,

from the battlefields of Afghanistan

to top of the world.

..if my military commitments allow me, I would love to join the team.

It's spring 2010 and the Walking With The Wounded team

are holding their first press conference with their royal patron.

'Obviously, once I was asked,'

it was a very easy opportunity to say I would love to join this.

It's an opportunity I just couldn't let go.

I don't think anybody else would.

'It's going to be serious for them and nobody should underestimate

'what these guys are putting themselves through

'not just for themselves but for everybody else who's been injured.'

This project exemplifies the tenacity and courage of those who serve our country.

It really is that simple.

It's great to be part of this amazing adventure

and with such a great bunch of guys.

Three months later and charity founders Ed Parker and Simon Daglish

have brought two soldiers to a UK training session in Norfolk.

This is the early days of it all.

We'll start off with this and no doubt build up as the year goes on.

The plan is to take four wounded soldiers to the Pole,

but with less than ten months until they depart, and seeing over 100 applicants,

the expedition organisers only have two suitable candidates.

Come on, Granddad, let's go for a walk.

29-year-old, Captain Martin Hewitt was serving with the Parachute Regiment

when he was severely wounded in Afghanistan.

I wanted to join the Forces and I specifically wanted to join the Parachute Regiment.

That was the proudest day of my life when I found out I got in there.

After joining the Army Cadets at 16, Martin went on to serve with the Paras in Afghanistan twice.

It was on his second tour in 2007 that things went tragically wrong.

We had a very good talk before we deployed,

saying, "Listen, lads, about a third of you won't come back."

It was a risk that I accepted.

Martin was leading a platoon of paratroopers during Operation Herrick

when he took a direct hit to his right shoulder.

At first I thought I'd lost the limb

and I first looked around to try and pick it up

but realised it was still attached. It was paralysed.

I knew very quickly it was serious, and I had arterial bleeding.

You could see it coming out, it was very bright red...

blood pulsating out of you in line with your heart beat.

I got my hand in there and tried to clamp the artery shut,

which I was having difficulty doing

and I could feel the life draining out of me.

I felt myself going. You do, feel yourself fading.

I was thinking to myself, "There's no way I'm dying on this desert floor here, not a chance."

The bullet ripped through Martin's shoulder leaving a four-inch exit wound.

It shredded the brachial artery, the main blood supply to the arm,

and severed all the nerves,

leaving the limb paralysed.

Learning to adapt to life with the use of one arm, you can do.

The most difficult battle I've had is the psychological impact

of not being able to do the job I wanted to do and that I loved.

I will not command soldiers on operations again.

I tried this one instead of this,

but this one is very wobbly, so I'm not going to do it.

I'll use this one instead.

28-year-old, Captain Guy Disney, who serves with the Light Dragoons,

lost his right leg in Afghanistan in 2009.

-What was wrong with that?

-It's too wobbly.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I think looking at footage of Afghanistan on the news, you felt

almost a duty to go and do your bit.

On 6th May 2009, the armoured reconnaissance vehicle that Guy was commanding

was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Effectively a jet of molten metal came through the side of the vehicle

and that went through my leg and tragically killed the soldier next to me.

I looked down and it was hanging off, and...

It's almost like when you hold a boot by its laces and swing it,

there were a couple of bits of tendon left.

The bone had all gone and initially it was like, "Christ, that's definitely coming off."

The initial feelings were, you know, "Bugger," if that makes sense.

The RPG, destroyed Guy's leg just below the knee.

Within hours, the doctors in Afghanistan were forced to amputate,

leaving a raw stump that's needed four separate operations to repair.

I couldn't really believe it had happened.

I still felt I was meant to be out there doing the job

and suddenly you're having everything done for yourself, that's a frustrating period.

Trekking to the North Pole in ten months' time

will be Guy and Martin's biggest challenge since being wounded.

Guy and I are still in a state of rehabilitation ourselves.

I've had 13 operations to date, myself.

I'm nothing like as fit at the minute as I was when I got shot.

I've got a long way to go get that level back, but it's coming.

Ed and Simon may have their first wounded servicemen,

but time's running out to find two more.

While they continue their search,

Guy's off to in New York with team patron, Prince Harry.

With the Afghanistan War in its tenth year,

they're here to help strengthen military relations,

but also to promote the expedition.

Ladies and gentleman, Prince Harry.

APPLAUSE

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I would just like to steal a few moments of your time

to talk about an important and very serious matter.

It's the welfare of our men and women in uniform,

those who we send out to fight our wars and protect our freedom.

You know, myself and my brother and, I suppose, a huge majority of the British public as well

support these guys in everything they do and always will do, hopefully.

For... I probably speak for William, as well, but mainly for myself,

after doing a very small stint in Afghanistan,

I'd like to think that I've got a rough idea

about what goes on and how they feel.

# Can you see by the dawn's early light? #

Prince Harry and Guy are also taking part in a charity run in Central Park.

HARRY: After seeing the way these guys dealt with it,

if I did go back, I wouldn't have as much fear of getting hit as I did the first time.

I'm not saying I've accepted that if I go out and get shot then that'll be fine.

I'm just saying, to see the way these guys have dealt with it

and the way that every other soldier deals with it back at Selly Oak and Headley Court,

it gives you that feeling of going, "If I do go back and do get hit, I hope I end up like these guys."

# O'er the land of the free

# And the home of the brave. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

No-one wants to get injured, but the guys have accepted that your life's not over,

it's not come to an end, there's other things you can do. Walk to the North Pole, for instance.

The inspiration these guys give to everybody else is unbelievable.

Back in the UK, with only seven months to go,

Ed, Simon, Guy and Martin have come to Bodmin Moor for a training session.

Crucially, they've brought along two more would-be team members.

The youngest is 26-year-old South African, Jaco Van Gass.

He was hit by an RPG during a firefight in Afghanistan on his second tour with the Paras.

'I came over to the UK in 2006, to join the British Army.

'I literally just landed'

the Saturday morning and in the Monday morning

I was in the recruiting office signing the paperwork.

For me, serving in Afghanistan was absolutely brilliant.

It's a brotherhood that you pick up,

and even the day you leave the Army, you'll always be part of that family.

In the early hours of August 20th, 2009, Jaco's unit was heading out on an operation.

The chopper's came in, we landed on the target.

I just heard a massive noise.

By the time I woke up, I didn't really know what happened.

As I sat up and tried to raise my weapon, that's when I realised that I've lost my arm.

I just sat, flat on the ground and fired a couple of rounds off from my hip.

The amount of blood I lost was ridiculous.

The pain was unbelievable.

There was a point where I think, "Yes, I'm going to die."

That was the point that I lost consciousness and then that was it.

The next time I woke up I was in Selly Oak.

The blast severed Jaco's arm above the elbow,

a third of the muscle on his left leg was blown away.

He suffered extensive damage to his internal organs

and has had 15 operations over the past 12 months.

Going out with my mates again, to the pub, or to a club,

all the girls are interested in them, and then you turn around and you've got no arm, and...

they don't really know what to say.

It was really hard.

There are certain days, I look back and I'm thinking, "Bloody hell, I was in good shape there."

There is something in you that says, "I really wish I could get back to looking like that."

You need to sit down with yourself and realise that you're not a fully able body any more.

You've got certain injuries and certain stuff that happened to you.

The reason why we're doing this, is for other servicemen and women,

to show them that something like this is possible.

Right, next point.

What, that little scarp there?

Yeah, you're going to hit that knoll on the left-hand side there,

so come up the left-hand side of the scarp.

Good to stretch the legs, really.

Haven't tabbed for a while, so it's good to get out and stretch the legs.

I think that's about the first two miles done, another ten to go, so... We shall see.

Sergeant Stephen Young, a 28-year-old Welsh Guardsman, was injured in Afghanistan in 2009.

I was that typical kid running around with a toy gun,

and it has always been my ambition to join the Army.

His fiancee, Emma, has been his bedrock ever since.

It means absolutely everything to him.

I'd love him to have a 9-5 job and come home to me, but it's not going to happen.

On 1st August, as Steve was redeploying back to the front line,

his vehicle was blown up by an IED.

It's not just like hearing a noise - bang.

It travels through your whole body.

I remember being thrown forwards, like face down on the floor.

So I tried getting up, and that's when I felt

a massive, massive intense pain just in my back.

And when I pulled myself up, my legs swung, er,

because I couldn't use them properly, and my back crunched.

I really thought, yep, that's me, I'm dead.

The blast broke Steve's back, causing a complicated burst fracture of the vertebrae

and extensive soft tissue damage.

He was told he would never walk again.

It was 1,001 things going through my mind, a lot of them were selfish -

me walking, me running, me, me, me, me.

Didn't at that stage really think of the family,

which I knew later on it would have had a massive impact on.

The initial finding out was absolutely horrendous,

and I don't think it really hit me until I was driving home

after telling everybody, and I was on the motorway

and I had to pull over because it all hit me at once.

I was flown home then within a day, and when I got back to Selly Oak,

they said, "Look, you will walk again, but with a frame for life."

Unless someone's actually got this sort of injury,

you don't understand, you don't realise how much it affects you on a daily basis.

It's just a constant ache.

-But you learn to deal with it.

-You just adapt, don't you?

Yeah, yeah, that's it, yeah.

After 15 miles slogging across Bodmin Moor,

both Steve and Jaco have impressed the organisers.

It's really great having Jaco and Steve with us.

Jaco is... To see him here now

is I think the essence of everything we're trying to show people.

So yeah, I think we could have our team.

There are ongoing concerns for all the wounded soldiers, but with the team complete,

at least they can begin preparing for everything the North Pole will throw at them.

I'm getting excited now.

I haven't had that feeling for three years now, since I been shot.

This is the first time I've got that kind of excitement that I used to get

every week in work, so it's good, getting back in the game.

Albeit doing something completely different.

But yeah, it's all good, mate.

As of July 2011,

1,712 service personnel have been injured in Afghanistan.

Four months later, and the team are doing

a photo shoot for GQ magazine, to raise the profile of the expedition.

The shoot's with one of Britain's best-known photographers, David Bailey.

Bailey, a keen supporter of the Armed Forces,

is donating his services for free.

Who did the artwork at the back, the Apaches?

I nicked that, someone had painted it on the wall, so I photographed it and nicked it.

I'm not a very photogenic person, I don't take a good picture.

It doesn't matter if it's on a mobile phone or David Bailey,

I don't think I'll look that good on picture.

It's not only a chance to have their portraits taken by one of the world's best-known photographers,

it's also a chance to spend some time with their patron, Prince Harry.

We're very fortunate and humble to have him on board -

and it'll be good to meet him.

He's trying to help us raise the profile of the charity

and raise as much money for the charity as he possibly can.

He's met some of them before,

but this is the first time that the full team has come together.

We can hopefully get to know him a bit, so when he comes up,

he's not meeting a bunch of strangers.

We all sort of know each other already.

Very excited to meet him and to socialise a bit with him.

I'm just happy to be here with them

and give them as much support as I can, and have a laugh with them.

Because I like to think I'm just one of the lads - whether I am or not!

Shall we go, shall we start?

-Yes, I've started.

-You've started?!

He is obviously a prince, part of the royal family,

but he is also a squaddie. So, we're all squaddies here,

we've all got the same mentality, so hopefully we'll get along.

It's basically do whatever you want, so yeah!

It's important we do get to know each other a bit.

It's going to be quite intense living conditions, 10-12 hours skiing together,

and then living in the tents as well.

I think it makes it easier for someone from my position,

it's nice to be able to relate to them, and to be able to say that I've been there

and they know that I've experienced similar things to them, up until the injury itself.

It's nice to be able to sit down and have a bit of banter with them,

and that they've lost an arm or lost a leg.

It is very interesting having this time to talk to the guys.

Despite knowing their backgrounds and their stories, there's so much more to it.

And that is fascinating, it's actually quite sad in a way as well.

With nine weeks until they depart

and Prince Harry on an army helicopter course,

the rest of the team come to Norway for their final winter training.

The cold is tough enough for an able-bodied person,

but for these wounded soldiers, it's another level of risk.

The constant strain will push their delicate injuries to the limit.

One of the most important skills is managing body temperature in the extreme environment.

If you get too hot, you sweat, making your clothes wet.

That freezes, ruining their thermal properties.

Equally, if you're too cold, you can get hypothermia or frostbite.

I'm just putting on some thermals,

because I've got a slightly cold John Thomas at the moment, if I'm honest.

The old chap's getting a bit chilly, and I daren't lose a bit.

Steve's back is also starting to hurt.

Just starting to feel it now, starting to ache now.

So, just trying to stay on top of it,

use the opportunity to have my stretch-off.

Not on the painkillers yet, still early days.

Going to try and get through today without any painkillers, see how I am tomorrow.

The guys push on, skiing for the next eight hours.

At the end of the day, they've learnt a lot, but at a cost.

I got through till about half one this afternoon,

and then I took some painkillers, But it was all right after that.

The arm was getting very cold in the last two hours.

Once it goes cold, it takes a little bit of a while to warm it up.

For Steve and Jaco, it's been a worrying start,

and there are still five more days to go.

With good weather, the team move on well.

But as at the pole, the weather can change dramatically and dangerously.

I'd rather be anywhere but here!

The wind's howling.

It is very beautiful,

but truth be known, it's quite hard.

The team ski into a 35mph wind for the rest of the day...

..only pitching camp as the weather finally calms, just before sunset.

Jaco is concerned about his role on the expedition.

It's only now that I realise how difficult it is

to do stuff with one hand.

I'm just frustrated, basically.

I'm keen to help, I want to help,

I want to do...my part of the deal.

Sorry, it's just getting to me a bit.

While I'm pulling, all I can think about is

what can I do, you know, to make it worthwhile that I'm in the team,

to carry my weight, to show that I'm here for a reason.

I really do hope the other boys see it as well,

and they can see that I'm really putting in 110%.

The next morning, as they prepare to head off for another day, its Steve's turn t suffer,

when his fragile back starts to hurt.

Go on, keep doing it.

As Steve's tent buddy, it's Jaco's job to help

when his spine locks up and goes into spasm.

So that's my vertebra there...

If you can't find the gap between the vertebrae, put the palm of your hand on there and press down.

I've always had Steve as our top risk, because he's the one you can't see.

Is that better?

-Keep going...

-I think he's in a great deal of pain.

Up about an inch, yeah?

We know they're never going to say "Stop",

and so we have to do the saying of the stop.

And he'll start thinking that it's the end of it for him.

I'm sure it's not, but his back is far, far, far more important.

You can't do this hard enough, mate, the harder you do it, the better.

If there's doubt, then we will have to say no.

Steve takes time to rest his back and allow his painkillers to kick in.

Half an hour later, he emerges.

-All right, Steve.

-Boys.

Still a bit sore, mate.

I think I'm going to have to take it easy today.

Feel a bit jacked really, standing here watching the boys do all the work.

But I suppose that's just part of being of in a team.

The team set off again, with Jaco pulling Steve's pulk

for a couple of hours to give his back a rest.

'He took a couple of painkillers, he took a couple of hours off,

'skiing without pulling his pulk,

'and then he pulled the pulk for the rest of the day, on our longest day.'

'Steve's back is the one I just don't know about.'

Being injured, it shuts quite a lot of doors, but it opens up just as many.

And this door has opened up, and I'm really glad it did.

It brings back a feeling of being able to do something again.

Taking wounded soldiers on the first unsupported expedition

to the North Pole will be tough enough,

but the guys have shown what can be achieved

with determination and teamwork.

We step onto the ice two months today.

I've always thought we are going to do it - I wouldn't be

standing here if I thought it wasn't doable -

but I know it's going to be very, very hard.

But I've got much more confidence now that we are going to succeed.

If it was all about willpower, we would cruise this,

but it's a bit more than that, and that's the jeopardy in it, really.

I suppose that's the excitement, and that's why no-one's done it.

Initially when you come back injured, you think life's probably not that great.

For us, we're doing something we'd have probably never dreamed of doing

when we were lying in our beds in Camp Bastion after having bits chopped off us.

MUSIC: "Wild Boys" by Duran Duran

Back in the UK, and with just a few weeks left

until they depart for the ice, the team's adventure

has caught the imagination of both the public...

You keep them on, I'll get one with the jacket on...

And the world's press.

My phone hasn't stopped, all the lads saying, "Just saw you on the telly, heard you on the radio."

The boys are swept up in a media whirlwind of photo shoots...

Can everyone look this way, please?

..TV appearances...

Filled in the forms...

..visits to meet the Prime Minister at Number 10...

How are you...?

..and a celebrity fund-raising ball.

# They tried to break us

# Looks like they'll try again

# Wild boys

# Never close your eyes

# Wild boys always... #

APPLAUSE

Just over 12 months after launching themselves on the world,

the team arrive in Svalbard,

an island deep within the Arctic Circle.

In a few days, they're due to land on the polar ice cap for the very first time.

'My father knew I was coming out, and so did my brother,

'but I kind of kept it quiet.'

My grandparents and the rest of my family probably just found out

and probably think I'm completely mad - it's probably right.

But hopefully when I get back,

my father will be pleased.

Harry plans to be with the guys for five days -

two preparing and three on the ice.

They head off on a 20-mile training ski -

their first together as a full team.

HE LAUGHS Woo-hoo!

LAUGHTER

First day with the team - fantastic, great experience.

Probably a little bit harder than originally thought.

It's really interesting just to see the guys,

the amount of training they've been doing -

it's just so slick, and just runs off their feet.

The guy with one leg as well, it's fantastic to watch them.

They've been at the front of the pack the whole time, me and the old boys have been stuck at the back.

Climbing, that's where it really becomes difficult with having one arm.

You haven't got the weight or the balance of both arms to pull you up.

So for quite a steep bit, I had to go sideways,

which is really hard work on the legs.

'I'm only around for five days, which is nothing compared to those guys, doing four weeks.

'Generally, I have no idea what to expect. The unknown is slightly scary.'

'He's fitted in with the boys, really when he walked through the door.'

He is one of them, he's a soldier just like them. It's been great,

it's given the team a bit of a lift. We spend all our time with one another and we get on very well,

but to bring someone else into the team has been great.

LAUGHTER

'With any bunch of guys, it would probably be a pretty exhausting trip,

'but with these guys, it's once-in-a-lifetime.

'For me, I couldn't say no.'

LAUGHTER

There's been a party mood all day,

a good sign for the team's departure, the day after tomorrow.

Back in their hotel, Martin's still full of beans.

Stop it!

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

Doin' a dance for you, Maximus.

Hey, do one, this is private!

LAUGHTER

But Harry's feeling less energetic after seven hours on skis.

The first bit of it was actually quite fun.

Yeah, it started all right.

Afterwards, the second bit of it was, erm,

was a bit of a nightmare, actually.

Hard work. Those boys - they're doing seriously well.

My whole body's a bit sore, to be honest.

Thank God the North Pole's flat.

Jaco struggled in the cold.

I just stood about 20 minutes in the shower to try and warm it up and get some feeling back into it.

It got really, really painful.

But it's Steve who has suffered the most.

Right, I'll lift a little bit, try to relax.

He's called in a physiotherapist to try to sort him out.

'The last about half hour before we got back, it was quite steep and I went over on the skis.'

I landed quite heavily on my back, and it was really painful.

-That's a nice stretch, I like that.

-Yes?

-Yep.

That feels good.

New man, thank you very much, mate.

Cheers. I'm going to definitely have to take it easy now.

Fingers crossed it will be OK for Friday.

The next morning, the guys are in their room sorting kit.

Tomorrow, they're due to depart for the ice.

-OK, cool.

-Have you seen Dags about?

-Er, yes, I thought they went out to go and get bungee.

-OK, brilliant.

Harry's playing catch-up organising his rations.

Some of it's better than army rations, some of it isn't.

Choc chip dessert is, that can go there.

What d'you reckon that says, lamb...mullade?

-Lamb mullen?

-It's like a cross between lamb and duck.

Whatever it is, it's going to get eaten.

Are you starting to get to know the guys a little bit?

Yeah, I am actually. On that first day, that little ski trip we did,

had a chance to spend some time with each of them.

That's very good, by the way.

Had it this morning, it's really nice. Doesn't look nice.

Definitely looking forward to it, actually. Just trying to work out

whether I'll be glad to get off the ice or not.

Hopefully I won't be glad,

hopefully I'll miss them and hopefully I'll want to stay.

Because then that means it hasn't been too hard, it means they'll make it.

Sunshine cereal with raspberry...

That will cheer my day up.

Is this very different for you, you know,

I say getting away from the limelight, but...

being able to go off and do something on your own?

Do you mean without policemen and security and so on? Yeah, I know,

I am looking forward to that.

I think this takes it to the extreme. I could have just gone for a walk at home, couldn't I, really?

It will be nice to be just with these guys.

It's going to be five army lads, and then two old blokes and a couple of guides,

and then you two.

It's quite a strange bunch, to be honest.

We'll all send each other mad!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

If I eat that much in five days, my body's going to be doing things that it's never done before.

With the main packing out of the way,

the team can concentrate on smaller, unfinished tasks...

-HARRY LAUGHS

-That guy's pretty...

..like customising their kit for the North Pole.

Oh, yes!

I'm about to make a Household Division standard. How am I going to do this?

Both Prince Harry and Sergeant Steve Young are part of the Household Division,

whose colours are blue, red, blue.

Harry wants to make a regimental flash for his polar jacket.

This is the only problem with being part of the Household Division.

If you want to do this, you have to do it properly.

If I don't, old Stevie boy next door is going to go, "No you can't wear that."

I can't... I...

HE LAUGHS

But the third in line to the throne isn't experienced with a needle and thread.

Oh-la!

Don't zoom in.

Don't! I can see your fingers working.

LAUGHTER

I bet you can't see the green string.

-That's pathetic.

-Don't rip it!

-That is pathetic.

-Please don't!

-If it was one of my blokes...

-Does it take you long to sew, though?

About five minutes, probably.

Five minutes? I knew there was a reason you were on the trip.

What, for sewing?

It's great to feel you're needed, honest to God, it is.

It's great to feel part of the team.

'Prince Harry is obviously an officer.'

Obviously, an officer. But I suppose it's not expected for officers to be very good at sewing!

Proof's in the pudding - it was a good effort, but I'll do it for him, no problem, yeah.

I can hear you in the corridor!

Tomorrow, the team depart for the ice.

It's their last chance to enjoy a proper meal.

OK, video diary, erm, Harry Wales...

Can't wait to get on the ice with these guys.

Just get to spend some time with them in a very special place.

So, I can't wait to see it, and then I'll be very sad to leave them.

They're not just doing it for themselves, they're doing it for all their mates

and their comrades and everybody else in the British Forces,

who, you know, have given the ultimate sacrifice.

I hope everything goes according to plan, and they get to the end,

and there's tears and hugs and all that sort of stuff.

So, good on them. Good luck, guys, really good luck.

It's very hard to be serious with you, because you're always laughing,

but I mean it from the bottom of my heart -

best of luck.

Signing off. If I can find the right button.

The next morning, there's a nasty surprise.

Overnight, an Arctic storm has blown in and the team's departure is delayed.

The jet meant to fly them to Barneo, the Russian ice station, is grounded.

For four days, all they can do is kill time.

Yeah, we'll do that tonight.

That's all right, we suddenly thought that was a bad idea.

On the back of my diary, I've got all the dates, how long we're here.

I've crossed off a heck of a lot! We haven't taken one step yet!

And then...

Good news or bad news? Bad news?

-Yep.

-It's minus 42 out there.

-Nice, nice.

-Good news?

-Yep.

-Finally...

-green light.

-Get it on, get it on!

We're taking the pulks out tonight at six, and then we will fly tomorrow afternoon.

Finally going!

That's good news, that's what that is. Let's get going.

Good news.

Is that good dancing or bad dancing?

Erm, we're going tomorrow.

-What's tomorrow, Sunday?

-Yeah.

-Cool.

-Is that coming?

-Yeah.

-HE LAUGHS

That is coming? That's coming?!

After 13 months of planning, preparation and training, the team are on their way.

Walls don't move with you!

THEY LAUGH

'It's unbelievable really, that I've been given this opportunity to do it.

'Stevie, from the Rhondda Valley, it's unheard of.

'I think this is like, sort of, the end of a two-year part of my life.

'It's taken a massive chunk out of my life, this injury.

'It's like, sort of, an end goal,

'me going to the North Pole.

'Before I went to Afghan, I had several major fears - one, to lose a bloke, and that happened.

'It's something that'll be with me until the day I die.

'Two, I didn't want anyone to die in our regiment - we lost six guys.

'Three, quite selfishly, I didn't want to get injured myself,

'I didn't want to lose legs - and that happened.

'It's a fault of the young - you feel completely immortal until you have a bit of a knock.

'It's going to be hard, it's going to be difficult.

'All you can do is train, seek advice from those that have done it.

'And then prepare yourselves as best you can -

'in our case, adapt and improvise to accommodate our injuries.

'I think we've done that.

'Life isn't easy.

'It takes me always a couple of minutes extra to do something now.

'And then when you're on your own, you need a bit of help, but there's no-one to help you.

'There is days when I'm angry and fed up, yes.

'You just need to put your pride away,

'you just need to let someone help you.

'I think it's great, I think it's going to be life-changing, to be honest.

-HARRY:

-'My only concern is the mentality within the British Forces

'is, if you're feeling yourself becoming man down,

'then you don't say anything, cos you're so mentally willing to be at the front.

'You will eventually just drop.

'But obviously in these environments, you can't do that, you have to be honest with yourself.

'Gone are the days of trying to be Mr Tough Guy - if you have a problem, a niggle,

'you talk about it and you share the pain, because otherwise you're never going to survive,

'simple as that.'

It's 4.45am.

The team and patron Prince Harry have just landed at their start point on the frozen Arctic Sea -

160 miles from the North Pole.

It's the most amazing landscape I've ever seen in my life

and I think we're about to feel pretty isolated when the helicopter goes.

Once this chopper leaves,

we are officially the most northern people for 2011.

-Aren't we, Dags?

-We are.

We are the most northerly people on Earth at the moment.

Early, very, very early.

Bit of peace and quiet.

Been a while. It's a nice place.

It's quite far to come for some peace and quiet, though.

I'm not going to lie. It's pretty far away. But, hey,

amongst friends. What could possibly go wrong?

The plan is to rest a few hours before setting off at midday.

Guy and Martin are sharing a tent with expedition founder, Simon Daglish.

OK, you're in, Guy.

While Jaco and Steve are with expedition founder, Ed Parker.

Prince Harry's in with the guide, Inge Solheim.

How to make a tent in under five minutes.

Tents pitched, next it's melting snow for water, and that means lighting their stoves.

That would be good - day one, within the first hour...

Fooh! Eyebrows gone.

Now we're good.

Cooking on gas.

It's one of those things if you get wrong in a tent like this,

then you spend about a minute standing around

with a giant hand warmer and then a few days without a tent.

It's really that simple.

The team go to sleep.

Bye.

When they wake up,

they spend two hours rehydrating their rations and making water for the day ahead.

It's actually quite mild today.

-It's a bit windy.

-It's minus seven in here.

-Yeah, a cosy minus seven.

It's all running like clockwork.

How was your first night on the Arctic Ocean?

It was good. Do you want me to wipe that?

That better? It was good. It was really toasty warm.

I wasn't cold once. Both of us were snoring our heads off,

and I woke up satisfied that I've had enough sleep.

You seem to get on well with the guys.

As far as I am concerned, I'm one of the lads. I probably have

three different lives. One's my military life, one's my private life

and one's the sort of the public stuff.

It all intertwines with each other, but, you know,

me as a military man is probably my number one favourite

because you get to spend time with people like this.

It is very special.

They set off at 1.26, heading across the frozen Arctic sea.

This is rather unique.

It's barren,

it's oppressive, it's unforgiving.

It's quite surreal.

The team have 160 miles of icy wilderness ahead of them.

They need to average ten miles a day

to arrive at the geographic North Pole, the top of the world,

in 16 days' time.

Despite its raw beauty, this is a dangerous place.

The weather can turn in seconds, the ice can split apart

and the extreme cold takes a severe toll.

Within 30 minutes, it's claiming its first victim.

-Yeah, your chin here has already been frostbitten.

-Yeah.

See, it's white.

The hood should cover you

so it protects your face.

You guys have to watch out for each other.

When skin freezes, the first stage of damage is frost nip.

Next it's frostbite, which can lead to amputation.

Wind-chill just caused a little bit of frost nip on my cheek here,

so I'm just trying to stay out of the wind, try to keep that covered.

Getting a cold injury is serious.

Jaco could be evacuated off the ice if it gets worse.

With his face protected, the team take a pit stop.

First things first, warm kit, essential.

But for one-armed Jaco, it's all a struggle.

-Do you need a hand?

-Yeah.

-Where's your food?

-It's in there.

In the harsh climate,

the team will burn up to 8,000 calories each per day.

Keeping the body fuelled is essential.

I've got some jelly beans in there, which will taste like old pebbles,

cos they're so frozen and they pretty much take your teeth out.

Ahh!

Once in their polar rhythm,

they'll ski for two hours and break for ten minutes, all day long.

But on day one, the routine is far from set.

The progress is really slow. It's difficult to move around. The weight of the pulks,

the terrain we're moving, it's quite difficult.

Where the ice breaks up, it forms mini mountain ranges called pressure ridges.

Sometimes it's one metre high and sometimes it's six metres high.

They're a messy mix of hard-as-concrete lumps of ice, all piled on top of each other.

Skis are coming off.

We're crossing something big.

For Guy, who lost his leg in a rocket-propelled grenade attack

in Afghanistan, it's hard negotiating the rough stuff.

It's difficult terrain.

Getting the pulk over some of the big bits is hard work. We've just got to deal with it.

For Martin and Jaco, with missing or damaged arms, getting over the ice boulders is equally challenging.

Ah! Ha-ha!

Steve needs to be extra careful with his fragile back.

Having Harry along is a great help.

Everybody's helping everybody. It's the only way.

The team have no choice but to scramble over the pressure ridges,

hauling their heavy pulks all the way.

Wow!

-Is that the good leg or the bad leg?

-It's not the bad leg.

You can easily get your foot trapped and the pulk can run over it and break your leg.

Pulling it over the rubble is difficult.

Because of the sheer weight, you've got to really drive into it

and then you risk falling over, front first.

If you're looking back through there, it's just mental.

But then, this way, it looks flat.

Probably done about two and a bit miles, maybe?

The team keep going,

slowly heading north.

It's opened my eyes to a whole new world.

I presume after a few days it probably kicks in and you get into a rhythm,

but at the moment, you can't get into a rhythm because of this stuff, but it's like this the whole way.

Pitching camp at 7.30, the first day has been a shock.

They've covered 6.5 miles,

but should have done ten.

It's not a great start.

I don't think there's anybody here who couldn't admit that today caught them slightly off guard.

They'd be lying.

But no, it was good, you know, day one of exercise.

Takes time getting into things.

And my legs now - ow!

The most important thing is morale.

And today, a few of the guys got a bit down,

a bit, "This is quite full-on, we're going to have to do this for three weeks."

But full respect to these guys,

and full respect to anybody who does this.

A morning routine is getting established.

But working with just one hand is slow, especially in a thick mitten.

Last to be packed away are the tents,

the team's only shelter on the ice.

I've got some sweet tunes playing in my ear.

So...

..excuse me if I start bopping.

Ah!

The team must improve on yesterday's performance if they hope to reach the Pole.

Day two. We did 10 kilometres yesterday.

Today we need to do at least 15.

Not very likely.

It's all about trying to get into the rhythm.

I wish my brother was here, actually. I really wish he was here.

He'd quite enjoy this.

As in, just for a couple of days!

It feels a little bit cheating, but Willie would love this.

"Happy stag weekend! We're walking to the North Pole!"

Some people find it very strange that people always want to go back to Afghanistan.

I understand it now.

The hardest thing for these guys is being told that they can't work any more.

The hardest thing for Martin is the fact that he can't go into battle any more,

be with his mates, do what he loves, you know?

The team has started day two well, but up here, nothing's guaranteed.

The ice rubble here is relatively challenging.

The precariously thin ice is giving way under Inge's skis.

It's quite fresh.

Probably formed yesterday, and it still hasn't frozen up properly.

They can't risk crossing it.

Would that be better?

That's the wrong way!

The team have no choice but to head into another maze of boulders and pressure ridges.

Crossing a mass of ice rubble, and it's quite hard work.

It's all helping me, because it's impossible to clear on my own.

This is the toughest test yet for the wounded soldiers.

Right on the ribs!

Ah-ha-ha! Ah!

Over the next two hours, they cover less than a mile.

Struggling to the end of the rubble field,

only to face worse as they emerge onto more dangerously thin ice.

This time, there's no option but to cross.

The ice can just take the weight of one man

and his 100-kilo pulk.

But with each crossing, it's getting weaker.

Steve sets off.

For Martin, once again, balancing with one arm is tricky.

He nearly ends up in the freezing Arctic Sea.

Harry's the last man across.

There's 2.5 miles of sea beneath him.

The weakened ice just holds.

Steve and I nearly just went straight through the ice!

We'd have seen a bit more of the ocean than we originally hoped for.

The team push on.

The point of this is to raise awareness. That's how I feel.

For these guys. They've been through hell.

And they've come out the other side.

And they are doing it for all the other servicemen and women.

They're still coming back. Injured.

I guess the support's getting better.

But it still needs to be so much better.

As they pitch camp, it's Harry's last night with the team.

Today has just been fantastic.

I couldn't have asked for better, as a final day.

Part of me wants to say that I really want to stay.

But I've got military commitments back home. It's not ideal.

A small wedding to help out with.

On top of that, without sounding like an idiot,

I don't want to steal the limelight from these guys.

I feel as though I've done my bit. I've been here, supported them,

had a great laugh with them, but now it's up to them.

It's Harry's final morning.

The chopper's due to pick him up in the next hour. In the meantime,

Guy and Martin have discovered a problem.

Woke up this morning to a crack running through the middle of the tent. Not good.

It brings it home that you're sitting on top of an ocean.

Slip down that, you're not coming back.

Strong ocean currents

and powerful winds keep the ice in constant motion.

It's this movement that creates pressure ridges

and also rips the ice apart, forming open-water leads.

But it's not just the polar ice that's affected.

We got a text message on the satellite phone

that the runway at Barneo had cracked.

You can't land a plane on a cracked runway.

Harry will have another day with the team.

I've got to march with these boys today, and get picked up tonight.

It is enjoyable.

You look around and it's like nothing that I've never seen before in my life. It's pristine, clean,

but, you know, it is hard going.

My back started aching about two hours ago,

so I've taken some painkillers.

You know, I wanted a challenge, and I've got one!

The relentless cold is affecting everyone.

Just hold it lightly.

Yeah, the blood circulation's back on this one.

Put your hat on, it's cool. And your hood in the beginning,

so you get really warm, and then you can take it off again.

Er, frost nipping my ears. I think it was going that way.

I was happily chatting to Jaco,

talking about his arm, or lack of,

having a bit of a banter with him, and then Inge comes running, going,

"Your ears, your ears!"

They went white quite quickly, but they're back, fine now.

Have to do what I'm told, and put my hood up.

Cool!

We continue.

They ski on to the end of the day.

It's 7pm. The runway's fixed. The helicopter's on its way.

For Harry, it's time to go back to his military duties.

I'm going to sit down, my feet hurt. Without doubt, the best day.

Blue sky, walking into the sun the majority of the day.

Wind behind our backs. I mean, look at this place.

It's beautiful. There's no place on earth like this.

I feel like I'm in a snow globe,

waiting for someone to shake it, hoping nobody will.

I'd love to stay. I'm going to miss these guys a lot.

After being part of the team for the past ten days,

there are fond farewells.

He's a cracking lad. He's brought a lot to the team. Just nice to have him for that time.

-North Pole. Come on back, man, come on, Jaco.

-Awesome. Awesome, yeah?

He just gave us a last word of encouragement. He's a real nice bloke.

Behave yourself, and hopefully you might grow a bit!

It's surreal. He's third in line to the throne.

But, ah, he's just been, you know, one of us. Another mate.

-Cheers, guys.

-I'll miss him. He's a good lad.

Harry won't see the guys again until they get back to the UK.

The team have covered just over 40 miles.

But they still have 120 to go.

The constant physical work and the cold are starting to take a toll.

Especially on Jaco.

I'm feeling a bit tired today. I had very bad sleep last night.

So I'm struggling a bit today.

I'm just putting a lot of fluids in, eating a lot of energy bars.

When Jaco was blown up in 2009,

he not only lost his left arm,

he had extensive internal injuries and was lucky to survive.

It's taken 15 operations to rebuild him.

It's no wonder he's suffering in the Arctic.

There are days when we'll all be struggling.

Jaco had more weight than me, so I took a small bag off him.

But he's just not quite as well as us at the moment.

I need to do everything just with one hand.

So Steve and Ed are absolute heroes in my eyes. They helped me a lot.

I don't think I realised quite when we got out here

how important that responsibility would become.

I think Dags and I are feeling it, just more than the boys know.

The team have crossed countless pressure ridges,

but now they're facing their first open-water lead,

where the ice breaks apart, revealing the freezing sea beneath.

It's cutting right across their route to the Pole.

So, the most important thing now is,

don't put your ski pole into the slush...

Basically, the ice, probably over two hours, has split apart.

Take your time. Careful!

-The danger is that, obviously, if you go in...

-Take that rope away, so that you don't trip in it.

..uh, then you're in deep trouble.

It doesn't look very dangerous, but because it's so narrow,

we don't want to get stuck in there.

Because it'll be difficult to get you out again.

So, ski pole,

follow, put that ski over.

If your pole goes in, it's going to pull you back in

and you're out of your harness and you go to the bottom of the sea.

This is only a small lead. The team makes it across.

The next morning, Jaco's better

and keen to protect the only part of his body not already scarred.

I put some plaster on my nose and on my cheeks,

just to prevent any form of frost nip.

I probably look like a right idiot, but with so much scars all over my body,

the face is probably the only place I haven't got a scar,

so there needs to be one there, as well! Trying to protect it.

Jaco's face may be covered up,

but the unrelenting grind is getting to Steve's delicate back.

One of those days where you think you're doing well,

but it just comes back and lets you know it was there.

Really, really hurting the last hour.

Steve's back was broken when his vehicle was blown up in Afghanistan.

I tried to get through with no painkillers, but I couldn't do it,

so I'll just smash some painkillers into me now, have a stretch off,

and just go for the rest of the day as best I can, really.

Get me through the next couple of hours.

Everyone's hurting in their own different way so you can't complain.

Just get through the day as best you can.

They put their heads down and soldier on.

The team have crossed many pressure ridges.

It's been a good day, and there's less than 100 miles to go.

-COUGHING

-Dear, oh dear. It's the end of day...

Holy cow, end of day...

Six?

No, five, end of day five. We've had a good day,

a really good day, actually, and we smashed in about 13½ miles,

which gives us a bit more in the bank.

It's a morale boost, covering the miles.

Day six,

and the guys are on top of their game, breaking camp in minutes.

The team are getting into the Arctic rhythm

but the constant physical work is getting to Guy.

My leg's starting to rub quite a lot

and, by the end of the day, it's really sore.

I took off the socket last night and it was really bloody,

which I've kept quiet, to be honest,

because I am conscious that we need to push on.

He lost his lower leg when an RPG

hit the armoured vehicle he was commanding.

I always know I've got about an hour left in it each day when it starts to get sore.

I can put up with that, knowing it's another hour off another day.

To be honest, as long as I have a breath in my body,

I'm going to the North Pole.

Expedition founder Simon Daglish is worried.

I was just talking to Ed. Just a mild concern about Guy's leg.

It looks a little bit sore, and we just need to make sure that drive and determination

doesn't take over from actually leaving permanent damage.

Later on, Guy's examining his stump after another long day.

We've got a cream that we put on at night,

it's just good for aches and pains.

I'm just having a few rubs around the joint there.

Any prominent part on the leg, it catches the prosthesis,

and it's not really that bad, it's like any blister, but you've just got to manage it and look after it.

To me, the worst-case scenario is the stump itself gets infected

and I have to chop more off, which would be disastrous, as bad as it gets.

Another day dawns over the Arctic.

In just six days, they're nearly halfway.

But there's still a long way to go.

For the wounded soldiers, this trip is about more than getting to the Pole -

it's also about their futures.

Guy and Steve are staying in the Army,

but Jaco and Martin are being medically discharged.

Spent a fair bit of time thinking about what I'll do in a couple of months when I leave the Army.

This is a good place to collect your thoughts and think about the future.

Martin's Army career ended when he was shot through the right shoulder in Afghanistan in 2007.

The thought of doing anything else is...

It just doesn't cross your mind,

until you take a hit, which means you can't do your job any more.

I just prepare myself to go on

and do whatever I'm going to do next, which is still unknown.

In four years, he's had 13 operations

to try and repair his arm.

There's an intensified nerve pain because of the cold,

and it's inflamed because I've banged it a fair few times.

I'm not sure if I've bruised the bone

or it's just the cold that's doing it.

One nasty fall is all it takes.

I've had a lot of falls, but luckily, so far,

none of them have caused any major injuries.

The soldiers are coping well

but every day, the Arctic throws up more challenges.

Slightly frustrating, we've just come across a huge water lead,

by far the biggest we've found so far,

so we're trying to find a way around it,

whether we will or not, it's pretty big.

These leads can extend for miles.

The team head east, away from the Pole, losing valuable time.

Eventually, they find a crossing point.

Inge's plan is to use the pulks as floating pontoons

to bridge the gap over the freezing sea.

The water is between minus 1.5 and 2 degrees.

It's the salination and the movement that keeps it relatively open.

-What would happen if someone fell into that?

-It would be very cold.

-JACO:

-Just a little bit hairy,

especially for me and Martin, we have to balance with one hand.

If we fall to our weak side,

that's us in the water, so I might just get wet, you know.

It takes a bit of time,

but it breaks the day up and it's something different.

Gets the heart racing, as well.

Wait there, wait there, wait there.

Yeah, it's a little bit hairy, but, um,

but it's a bit of variety.

Our only fear is that we don't meet too many of them,

because it's very time-consuming.

There's no way any of us want to fall in.

All the pulks we pulled across,

all the water on them is frozen instantly.

The guys are safely over.

Despite all the team have been through in this bleak landscape,

they're in high spirits.

Captain Hewitt here, diary day nine.

Is it day nine today?

All good. Martin did a stint in front, which was pretty frenetic.

All after today...

Dags is well, not as grumpy as usual today, which is nice, I think that's because the sun's out.

-This is exactly what we've got to work with. Got to put up with this, day in, day out!

-Hello, Miss Lady!

Sergeant Young's in good humour. He remembered to salute me this morning, he doesn't always.

All the days have merged into one, apparently.

Oh, is it a pick-and-mix? Look.

Look at the beauties down there. Mmm-mmm!

Everything seems to be going their way.

All in all, a good day.

But the Arctic can catch you unawares.

MAN CRIES OUT

One of the expedition founders, Ed, has taken a fall.

Put up the tent there - immediately.

Inge's in charge.

We need a tent.

Until he knows how bad Ed is, he assumes the worst.

-Get one of theirs.

-OK.

I think his ribs. I think so, I'm not sure.

Have you got some foam mats?

You OK?

Can you describe what happened?

I hit my back on the...

When I heard him fall, I genuinely thought he'd broken his back.

I heard the most almighty crack and was thinking,

"Christ, he's going to be in a wheelchair all his life," and I thought, "That's it, game over."

How is...how is the pain?

Do you think it's your spine?

-Yes, the spine, although I can feel my legs.

-What?

It makes you realise how quickly a trip like this can go wrong.

Thought I'd lost you there for two seconds

because you fainted and hit your head down there.

It would have been a cruel, cruel blow if one of the guys

who's put so much work into this project ended up unable to make it.

You all right, Parks?

-What happened?

-I slipped and hit my back right on the edge.

I had my pulk at the top of that little piece of snow

and there's a slab of ice.

The skis just went from under me and I fell backwards,

and my back fell right on the edge of the ice.

I had this shooting pain across my back

and my first thought was... it's not very good.

Luckily, this time, it looks like he went OK, but you never know.

It just seems wrong, Inge now having to pull my sledge.

We're not meant to be here, really, is the long and short of it.

Humans don't live here for very good reasons,

because it's uninhabitable, so we're here as guests.

Should we somehow become detached from that pulk,

which is our lives, we wouldn't survive.

I was thinking that it's a little like what Steve encounters,

then I realised I hadn't broken my back,

it was just a tiny modicum of what he feels,

which is really why I shut up fairly quickly

and got back on to my pulk, but Steve has that every day.

With Ed's fall fresh in their minds, the reality of the Arctic hits home.

I didn't really go into this with the attitude that failure was an option.

Any of us on our own would have really struggled with this,

but together, we work well as a unit.

They put their heads down and motor

to get off the ice as quickly as possible.

I feel about 90 years old today. Proper feeling it today.

I think it was my body's way of rebelling, basically,

and asking me to go back home to a nice warm room!

The team have less than 40 miles to go, but that's still a gruelling three days' trek.

We've got to keep going, got to keep going.

It's 8:30am.

The team's 12th day on the ice

and it could be their last.

They're only 10 miles from the North Pole.

Very much an end-of-term feeling.

I had a smile on my face when I woke up. I looked outside, absolutely beautiful day,

a glorious day today, and we're just raring to go now.

We're just doing the last final packing.

It's been a long time coming,

so eight hours from now we'll be on the Pole.

Yeah, I suppose when we first were interviewed

and started looking into doing this,

I don't think I ever thought we'd get this far so easily.

I just count myself lucky to be a part of it.

It's been a wonderful experience, absolutely great.

For myself, it's been a 20-month period of my life,

at times quite a dark period,

and it's a good way of putting it all behind me.

For me it's been about demonstrating that,

if you're willing to adapt and you're able to adapt post-injury,

you can go on and do some great stuff.

From here, 299 metres.

If anyone were ever to say to me, "Was it easy?"

The answer is, definitely no, it wasn't.

I think what these four soldiers have achieved is amazing.

Their determination, sometimes their bloody determination,

in getting here is incredible.

And, frankly, something I think will remain with us for the rest of our lives.

23 metres!

We're here.

Congratulations, guys.

CHEERING

-Job done, Parks.

-Job done!

-Mate, well done.

-Well done.

-Good effort, mate.

Good man. Well done, yeah?

Can't say, really.

Two years, and we've made it.

Amazing. Well, WE haven't made it.

These guys have made it. That's amazing, amazing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. It was a great trip.

-Gob.

-Steve Boy!

Pleasure as always, mate!

Lovely. Give me one of those - pow! Boys!

Incredible - what an amazing bunch of guys.

What an amazing achievement.

Incredible. Can't say any more.

CHEERING

Faster! Go, go, go!

Fantastic moment.

We've done it well, we've done it fast,

and their injuries are exactly how they were when we left,

so it's a huge, huge success,

and I'm just as pleased as punch.

Awesome. Can't believe we're here, can't believe we're here.

I claim this bit of sea for Wales!

It's been a hard old slog, and I'm just glad we're all here as a team, awesome.

I always thought we'd make it, but just wasn't sure of the time

or what state we'd be in when we got here.

It's a good place to be right now, it really is.

It's been hard, emotional, fun, absolutely everything in it.

I'm actually quite a bit shaky, so it's time for celebrations.

Time to be happy.

We've done it.

Someone said to me directly, "You won't do it."

And to those, I'd simply say that I'm disabled, I'm standing on the geographic North Pole,

I've walked hundreds of kilometres unsupported to get here with this team.

Very special moment, mate.

I'm going to miss this.

And now I think I'm going to go somewhere hot. With a beach.

What they've done is absolutely fantastic.

They should have probably tried to make it look a bit harder, I think,

because to do this trip in 13 days or something, 4 days early,

it's incredible, really, really is incredible.

Five days later, and the Walking With The Wounded team are finally home in the UK.

They've all been to the edge of life and have returned,

rebuilt and rehabilitated.

Hugely proud of them. I was gutted to have missed them

and not to be able to stay with them, though I was exhausted at times.

I feel as though I missed out on a trip.

They have gone from the heat of Afghanistan to the freezing Arctic.

Everyone keeps throwing that word "inspirational" around,

but I think at the end of the day, what they've done

is truly, truly inspirational, and now, hopefully,

it'll show other people what you can do,

despite, you know, missing an arm or a leg.

They've not only conquered the North Pole,

they've conquered their life-threatening injuries.

They've proved to themselves and to everyone else that,

no matter what life throws at you,

hope, ambition and determination can help to overcome.

Everyone should be very proud of them, and they should be proud of themselves.

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