A British adventurer has died after suffering exhaustion and dehydration while attempting to cross the Antarctic alone.
Former army officer Henry Worsley was just 48 kilometres from the end of the almost 1600km trek when he called for help and was airlifted off the ice on Saturday.
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He'd wanted to be the first person to complete an unsupported and unassisted Antarctic crossing.
His family says Worsley died following complete organ failure at a clinic in Chile.
The 55-year-old was a descendant of Frank Worsley, the New Zealander whose heroic feat of navigation 100 years ago saved Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition from catastrophe.
Former base camp leader at Antarctica Paul Rose said Henry Worsley had a quiet, solid strength - and a love of exploring that was in his blood.
"He was determined to make it," he said. "It was in his DNA, his great-grandfather was a great navigator who was one of Shackleton's right hand men."
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