Ken Blaiklock
Kenneth Victor Blaiklock OBE (6 December 1927 – 20 September 2020) was a British Antarctic surveyor. He took part in Sir Vivian Fuchs's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica. He reached the South Pole by dog sled for the first time since Amundsen.[1] He has been awarded the Polar Medal with three bars.
His daughter is British politician, Catherine Blaiklock.[2]
Blaiklock died on 20 September 2020, aged 92.[3]
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Blaiklock served as a surveyor on the Norwegian ship MV Norsel in 1955.
Tractors used in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
A Tucker Sno-Cat used in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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References
- ↑ "Ken Blaiklock O.B.E." by David Mountfort, Polar Post, Vol. 46, No. 4, December 2014, pp. 92-93.
- ↑ Martyn Brown. BREXIT BOOST: Nigel Farage to POACH senior Tories from UNDER MAY'S NOSE for Brexit Party (23 February 2019)Daily Express. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ↑ Blaiklock O.B.E