Commander Malcolm Keith Burley, (1927–2010) MBE was a British Antarctic explorer,

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and

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officer. He received the Cuthbert Prize from the Royal Geographical Society. 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

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's route after his epic journey from

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to seek rescue for his men of the

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. On the 1964 expedition Burley made the first ascent of

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, Mount Sugartop and Mount Burley named after him by the

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. In 1970/71 Burley led a Joint Services Expedition which was dropped off on

by HMS Endurance. The party then spent six months carrying out a survey of the island and other scientific research for the British Antarctic Survey and climbing some of the peaks on the island. In 1973 Burley retired from the Royal Navy to take up a post as bursar at

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Malcolm Burley obituary

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