British explorer Henry Worsley dies attempting historic Antarctic crossing

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Edward Henry Worsley, British Army officer, and an explorer died on 24th Jan, 2016 (aged 55) while attempting to complete the first solo and unaided crossing of the Antarctic 
He was part of the successful 2009 expedition that retraced Ernest Shackleton's footsteps in the Antarctic
Mr Worsley, 55, was trying to complete the unfinished journey of his hero, Sir Ernest Shackleton, 100 years later, but in his final audio message, reported by BBC News, he said: "My summit is just out of reach.".
In that last broadcast, sent from Antarctica on Friday, he told supporters: "When my hero, Ernest Shackleton, was 97 miles from the South Pole on the morning of January the 9th 1909, he said he'd shot his bolt.
"Well, today I have to inform you with some sadness that I too have shot my bolt."
Mr Worsley said his journey had ended because he did not have the ability to "slide one ski in front of the other".
"I will lick my wounds, they will heal over time and I will come to terms with the disappointment," he added.
In his early expedition In 2008, he led an expedition to pioneer a route through the Transantarctic Mountains, reaching a point 97 miles (156 km) from the South Pole. The expedition honoured the centenary of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition. He again returned to the Antarctic in 2011, leading a team of six in retracing Roald Amundsen's successful 900 miles (1,400 km) journey in 1912 to the South Pole, marking its centenary. In completing the route, he became the first person to have successfully undertaken all three of the routes taken by Shackleton, Amundsen, and Robert Falcon Scott.

Henry Worsley ( Photo courtesy:https://www.internationalsatelliteservices.com)