British explorer (1927–2020)
Richard "Brookes" Brooke (14 January 1927 – 29 June 2020) was an explorer and Royal Naval surveyor whose achievements included spending two winters on the British North‑East Greenland Expedition[1] (1952–1954) and participating in Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) (1956–1958). During the TAE he became the first person to ascend a peak (Mount Huggins) in the Royal Society Range[2] and walked the 1600 km between Mawson Glacier and Mulock Glacier.[2]
He was also a licensed lay reader in the Church of England in Bath, Somerset.[3]
He died on 29 June 2020 at the age of 93.[4]
References
- ^ Gunn, Bernard. "Training on the Tasman Glacier, 1956". Land of the Long Day. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ a b Amodeo, Christian. "Forward crawl across the White Continent". Geographical. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Brooke, Richard. "Charlcombe Church's Richard Brooke remembers exciting journeys with Sir Edmund Hillary, and a special Thanksgiving Service at Windsor" (PDF). Charlcome and Lansdown Parish News Summer 2008. Charlcombe and Bath St Stephen Parochial Church Councils. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Richard Brooke
