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'Tasmanian-born Charles Turnbull Harrisson (1867-1914) was one of the members of Douglas Mawson's legendary Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. Harrisson joined the expedition as a biologist and artist, a part of the Western Party based on Queen Mary Land and led by Frank Wild. He was also a gifted writer and the diary he kept from December 1911 to March 1913 has been transcribed and edited by Heather Rossiter, and reproduced for the first time. Harrisson's engaging narrative is complemented by his sketches and watercolour paintings of the landscape, as well as photographs of the men in the Western Base party. By bringing Harrisson's diary from obscure history to published volume, complete with his own sketches and watercolour paintings, The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson honours the daring spirit of these lesser known but equally audacious Antarctic explorers.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Adelaide, Constance, William, Hector, Lindsay, Edmund, Nicole and Sonya.
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In Short : Nonfiction
2012
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2012; (p. 35)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary ; It's OK! I'm from the Daily Mail : Tales of a Foreign Correspondent 2012 selected work prose -
Enlarging Our Antarctic Picture
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 January 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary ; Mawson : And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age : Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen 2011 single work biography -
Non-Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 November 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary
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Non-Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 November 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary -
Enlarging Our Antarctic Picture
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 January 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary ; Mawson : And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age : Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen 2011 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2012; (p. 35)
— Review of Mawson's Forgotten Men : The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson 2011 single work diary ; It's OK! I'm from the Daily Mail : Tales of a Foreign Correspondent 2012 selected work prose
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