# Henry Cookson

> Henry John Richard Cookson, FRGS 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.

*British polar explorer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/henry-cookson

## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1975
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Henry John Richard Cookson, FRGS 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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.0
- **Momentum:** 0.4

## Sources
- [Henry Cookson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cookson)
- [هنري كوكسن](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5719782)

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