page_title: Ken Blaiklock
hierarchical_section_title: Ken Blaiklock
caption_attribution_description: English: MV Norsel. Free of copyright as a Commonwealth or State government owned photograph and engravings taken or published more than 50 years ago and prior to 1 May 1969
context_page_description: Kenneth Victor Blaiklock OBE is a British Antarctic surveyor who took part in Sir Vivian Fuchs's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica. During this expedition, he reached the South Pole by dog sled for the first time since Amundsen. He has been awarded the Polar Medal with three bars. His daughter is British politician, Catherine Blaiklock.
context_section_description: Kenneth Victor Blaiklock OBE (born 6 December 1927) is a British Antarctic surveyor who took part in Sir Vivian Fuchs's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica. During this expedition, he reached the South Pole by dog sled for the first time since Amundsen. He has been awarded the Polar Medal with three bars.  His daughter is British politician, Catherine Blaiklock.
caption: Blaiklock served as a surveyor on the Norwegian ship MV Norsel in 1955.
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