Alfred Harrison

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

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

External links

• In Search of a Polar Continent