Background
He was born in Wimbledon and attended the Ecole de Roche, Harrow School, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Henry Cookson
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Education
Harrow School.
Career
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, that last visitors being a research team using tracked vehicles & planes in 1965. He briefly worked at investment bank Goldman Sachs. Following the success of the, the trio decided to turn their sights on an expedition to the Antarctic Pole of Inaccessibility.
Training began in 2006 and on 19 January 2007, 48 days after setting off from Novolazarevskaya Station, they reached their goal, after kite skiing 1,100 miles to their destination.
Upon arrival they discovered the most visible remains left behind from the previous Soviet expedition in 1958, and the only indication that they had reached the POI - a bust of Lenin, which had been fixed to the chimney of a Russian built hut. Foreign their endeavours they are in the Guinness Book of Records as the first people to reach the center of the Antarctic Continent, the Pole of Inaccessibility, without using mechanical means.
lieutenant was announced in 2010 that Henry had been approached by Simon Daglish and Edward Parker to sign on as an expedition guide for, a charitable expedition to the north pole aimed at raising funds for injured servicemen and women. The expedition patron is Prince Harry, who has stated his intention to join the expedition for its final days should his military commitments allow.
Achievements
Membership
In 2005 he was persuaded to enter the as the third member of Team Hardware, alongside Rory Sweet and Rupert Longsdon.
