Explorer's Fundraising Page Doubles Target

Contributions to the fundraising page set up by polar explorer Henry Worsley has raised more than double its target of £100,000. He set up the page to raise money for the Endeavour Fund, which helps wounded servicemen and women, and was trying to become the first adventurer to cross the South Pole entirely unsupported. He had been trying to finish the uncompleted journey of his lifelong hero Sir Ernest Shackleton, who started his attempt in 1914 and had to be rescued two years later.