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."Ken Blaiklock O.B.E." by David Mountfort, Polar Post, Vol. 46, No. 4, December 2014, pp. 92-93. He has been awarded the Polar Medal with three bars.  

His daughter is British politician, Catherine Blaiklock.

Blaiklock died on 20 September 2020, aged 92.Blaiklock O.B.E

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Category:1927 births
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Category:British explorers