Henry Cookson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Henry Cookson

British polar explorer

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1975

Place of Birth: Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom

Profession: explorer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Henry John R Cookson, FRGS (born 16 September 1975) is a British polar explorer and adventurer.
On 19 January 2007 he, alongside fellow Britons Rory Sweet and Rupert Longsdon, and their Canadian polar guide Paul Landry, became the first team to reach the southern pole of Inaccessibility (POI) by foot, the last visitors being a research team using tracked vehicles & planes in 1965.