Walking with the Wounded in Antarctica

Prince Harry joins the United Kingdom's Walking with the Wounded (WWTW) team in the Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge 2013 expedition in Novo, Antarctica, Nov. 23, 2013.

Wounded servicemen and women from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia are embarking on the 208-mile Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge. The charity race in Antarctica aims to raise money and awareness for disabled veterans transitioning back to civilian life.

For more information, visit the expedition's website.

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Team U.S. [also called Team Noom Coach] competes in the 208-mile Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge.

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The three teams competing in the Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge: Team U.K. in the red, Team Commonwealth in the yellow and Team U.S. in the blue.

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American Mark Wise leads his team into camp during the 208-mile Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge in Antarctica, Dec. 8, 2013.

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Guy Disney, Ibrar Ali, Kate Philp, Prince Harry, Richard Eyre and Duncan Slater pose at the start of the Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge 2013 expedition as they leave Cape Town for a flight to Novo, Antarctica.

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Prince Harry, patron of Team U.K., poses with Dominic West during a kit weighing session ahead of the start of the Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge 2013 expedition, in Novo, Antarctica.

Trekking around nine to 12 miles per day, the teams will endure temperatures as low as minus 49F and 50mph winds as they pull their 154lb sleds, known as pulks, towards the southernmost point on the globe.

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Participants in the South Pole Allied Challenge expedition enter the canteen on arrival in Novo, Antarctica.

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Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge participants take part in ski training in Novo, Antarctica.

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Prince Harry, Kate Philp, Guy Disney, Richard Eyre, Ibrar Ali and Duncan Slater of Team U.K. pose after arriving in Novo, Antarctica.

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Ivan Castro, one of the wounded vets participating on the U.S. team, is seen here in Afghanistan in 2005.

Castro has served in many operations including Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom, and has undertaken deployments all over the world. He lost his sight and sustained life-threatening injuries when mortar shells landed near him, killing two men in his unit, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Ivan Castro is led by LTC Fred Dummar while running the Marine Corps Marathon in 2010. Castro has run more than 24 marathons.

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Mark Wise, one of the wounded veterans participating on the U.S. team, is seen here with his wife Sara and their son while on vacation in the Swiss Alps.

Wise served as an infantry officer in the First Battalion, Twelfth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Division, Red Warriors. In 2009, Wise was involved in an IED incident in Afghanistan. The entire front half of his body armor was blown off his torso yet the equipment managed to protect his chest and stomach during the blast.

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Mark Wise is pictured with Forward Observer SSG Kevin Mattocks and Squad Leader SGT Paul Lambert.

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Margaux Mange, center, a wounded veteran participating on the U.S. team, is seen with two Iraqi soldiers.

During her second tour in Iraq, Mange was hit by an IED while she was in the gunner’s position in a Humvee in Baghdad. She continued with her active duty until March 2007 when she witnessed her best friend and two others die in another IED accident, after which she developed Bells Palsy and was sent to rehabilitation.

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Therese Frentz, right, one of two female veterans participating on the U.S. team.

In October 2004, Frentz was severely injured when a suicide bomber entered the Green Zone in Baghdad. She sustained burns to 30 percent of her body as well as internal injuries, tissue loss on the left knee, and partial hearing loss. Frentz suffers from PTSD and depression, but has improved markedly over the past years.