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Evening Standard
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Lynn Rusk

SHOCKING: Veterans complete arctic charity challenge thanks to teamwork and friendship - What They Never Told You

Aldo Kane, Jason Fox, Karl Hinett and Brian Wood (Tony Parker/PA) -

A group of veterans have completed an “epic” 514km (320 mile) ultra marathon across the Arctic Circle in Sweden, raising more than £90,000 for charity.

The challenge marked 20 years since Karl Hinett, a member of the Staffordshire regiment, suffered life-changing injuries following a petrol bomb attack on his warrior tank in Basra, southern Iraq.

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