Commander Malcolm Keith Burley, (1927–2010) MBE was a British Antarctic explorer, mountaineer and Royal Navy officer.
Burley's first visit to the Antarctic was in 1960 as an officer on HMS Protector when he climbed Mt Liotard (2225m), the second-highest peak on the remote Adelaide Island.
In 1964 he led a Combined Services Expedition to South Georgia which crossed the island following Sir Ernest Shackleton's route after his epic journey from Elephant Island to seek rescue for his men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
[1] In 1970/71 Burley led a Joint Services Expedition which was dropped off on Elephant Island by HMS Endurance.
[2] In 1973 Burley retired from the Royal Navy to take up a post as bursar at Stowe School.