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Mike Cross, 60, who has become the oldest man to reach the South Pole on foot despite suffering from diabetes, is greeted by his wife Diana at Heathrow Airport on his return on Friday 31 January, 2003. The former Royal Air Force officer completed the record-breaking trek last month with his son, Will, 35, who suffers from the same illness. SEE PA Story ADVENTURE Pole. PA Photo: Chris Young.