A Barnsley printer who led a gruelling Arctic challenge says it is on course to raise a massive £45,000 for Help for Heroes.
Bob Seaborn, 51, of Woolley Grange, came up with the idea as a way of helping the charity, which raises money for injured members of the armed forces and is backed by Princes William and Harry.
The 'Arctic Heroes Challenge' was a 14-day journey of 1,800 miles by eight people and four vehicles. It involved driving from the UK, crossing the Arctic Circle in the north of Norway to a final destination at the northernmost point of Europe - North Cape (Nordkapp).
The challenge was at the most treacherous time of the year. Temperatures were as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius and there was less than two hours of daylight in 24 hours. Some days the team was driving 400 miles.
Bob, who works in Barnsley at Print City in Zenith Park on Whaley Road, said: "To get to the Arctic Circle safely with such a large group was an extreme challenge but to go on and reach the North Cape in March - then to camp there overnight at the very tip of Europe - was beyond beyond anything I have attempted in my overland travels."
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