Alfred Harrison

For the Dean of Trinidad, see Alfred Harrison (priest).

Alfred Harrison (1865-August 1933) was an English explorer.

Early life

Alfred Henry Harrison was born in 1865 to Daniel Alfred Harrison and Mary Jane Hardcastle Burder in Islington, Middlesex.
He was educated at Stonyhurst College ^[1]
When he came of age in 1866 he sold much of his grandfather's property to which he was heir.
Daniel Harrison, Alfred's father died when aboard a ship going to Liverpool, when the ship began to sink Daniel Harrison went down to the cabins to save Alfred ^[2]

Early Expeditions

His first expedition was to the Rocky Mountains and was followed up by a second expedition to the same place a few years later ^[2]
He then went to Northern Africa ^[2]
He then went on a Hunting trip to the Slave Lake, Canada ^[2]

In Search of a Polar Continent

After this hunting trip he went back to Canada, with the intention, if possible, of reaching the pole, in 1905
He spent 18 months living with Eskimos during this trip.
- The book is contains useful information about the ways of the Eskimo ^[3]
The trip was cut short due to a family member becoming ill and he left Canada in 1907
He was planning another expedition, with the specific intention of reaching the North pole, in 1909 but never undertook it

References

↑ Stonyhurst obituary
1 2 3 4 Preface to "In Search of Polar Continent"
↑ Chapter V "In Search of Polar Continent"

External links

In Search of a Polar Continent

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