richard "brookes" brooke is an explorer and royal naval surveyor whose achievements include spending two winters on the british north‑east greenland expedition (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 and walked the 1600 km between mawson glacier and mulock glacier.