Ken Blaiklock

Kenneth Victor Blaiklock OBE (6 December 1927 – 20 September 2020)[1] was a British Antarctic surveyor who took part in Sir Vivian Fuchs's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica.

In 1955 he served on the MV Norsel as a surveyor and helping to set up two bases on the Graham Land Peninsula.

[2] From 1956 to 1958, Blaiklock was part of Vivian Fuchs's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica.

Blaiklock completed the Antarctic crossing by reaching Scott Base aboard the Sno-Cat "County of Kent".

[2] From 1959 to 1961, Blaiklock joined the second Belgian Antarctic Expedition with Captain Bastin which failed to reach the South Pole.

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.