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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2023-10-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000478b.htm person Harrison Charles Turnball AACR2 1866 1914 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death At sea Antarctic explorer Biologist Antarctic researcher Charles Harrison was a biologist whose early career was concerned with scientific surveying and botanical investigations largely on the west coast of Tasmania. In 1911 he joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition as biologist and artist for the Western Base (Shackleton Ice Shelf, Queen Mary Land). He accompanied Frank Wild on his main eastern exploration and on other sledging trips. Harrison disappeared at sea when, as biologist on FIS Endeavour, the ship vanished while returning to Hobart from Macquarie Island. The glacier Harrison Ice Rises (Shackleton Ice Shelf) and Cape Harrison, both discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, were named in his honour. 1911 February 1913 Career position - Biologist and artist, Western Base, Australasian Antarctic Expedition November 1914 December 1914 Career position - Biologist on board FIS Endeavour 1915 1915 Award - Polar Medal (Silver) Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Biologist and artist, Western Base 1911 - 1913

 Harrison, Charles Turnball

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 'Harrison, Charles Turnball', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Harrison, Charles Turnball Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: The Antarctic diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy together with the paintings and drawings of Charles Turnbull Harrison Riffenburgh, Beau and de Boos, Crispin The Antarctic diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy together with the paintings and drawings of Charles Turnbull Harrison Norwich, U.K. Erskine Press 2018 Edited Book: Mawson's Forgotten men : the 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson Rossiter, Heather Mawson's Forgotten men : the 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson Sydney Murdoch Books 2011 Book: Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Jensen, David Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Sydeny Allen and Unwin 2015 Charles Turnball Harrison - Records South Australian Museum Archives Charles Turnball Harrison - Records 84AAE and others 1911 - 1914 Report of the biological observations of the Western Base Party which forms article 8 in "Queen Mary Land, Volume 5, Records, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914", and includes descriptions of birdlife [84AAE]. Typescript copy of poem by C.T. Harrison entitled 'Five and Fifty Years ago' written 1912 as a fictional and humorous retrospect on the Expedition [100AAE]. Extract from a diary by C.T. Harrison of a tour of Macquarie Island in 1911 giving details of petrel rookeries [115AAE]. Agreement between Harrison and D. Mawson of 1 December 1911 [180AAE]. Drawings and paintings by Harrison [Location 1, Drawer 10]. 4 items plus folio Charles Turnball Harrison - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Charles Turnball Harrison - Records ML MSS 386 1911 - 1913 Diaries kept while on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition December 1911 - April 1913 [2 volumes, ML MSS 386]. Sketches (1 volume and 1 roll). 3 volumes, 1 roll Artwork