JOIN USClarence House said it could be 48 hours before the 26-year-old third-in-line to the British throne can leave as all flights out of Borneo Ice Airfield -- about 200 miles from North Pole -- have been cancelled while the runway is rebuilt.
"We guide that the delay will be less than 48 hours as it stands, but given the unpredictable nature of conditions in the Arctic, the situation may change," the 'BBC' quoted a statement from Clarence House as saying.
Harry, on the charity expedition to the North Pole to raise money for Walking With The Wounded, an organisation which helps rehabilitate injured troops, was due to fly home on Thursday. His team is aiming to raise two million pounds.
The four servicemen, who were all injured in combat in Afghanistan, hope to enter the record books as the first disabled team to walk unassisted to the North Pole and raise money for Walking With The Wounded.
Expedition spokesman Alex Rayner said airfield crews were working round the clock to rebuild the runway. "It is a feat of engineering to build a runway on what is effectively a floating piece of ice on the Arctic Ocean.
"We will continue to monitor the situation and hope to have Prince Harry back on dry land within the next 48 hours," he said.
Harry will return home to military commitments, ahead of his brother's wedding at the end of the month.