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"Henry Cookson, a former safari guide and polar explorer, now runs Cookson's Adventures, an ultra-luxury adventure travel company specializing in bespoke trips for high net-worth individuals to far flung spots."
"Karen Lo, the super-rich heiress to a Hong Kong soy milk fortune, was offered a priority place for a future trip after the 2018 dive was canceled, but Covid intervened."
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