Harrow, Geoffrey, 1926 - 2023
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 2023
Biography
Born 1926, Geoff was awarded a Queen's Service Medal in 2017 for his services to conservation and mountaineering. Harrow was responsible for the rediscovery of the colony of endangered Hutton's Shearwaters in the Seaward Kaikoura Ranges in 1965. He had also accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary in the Himalayas, he took trips to Antarctica to provide specialist advice on snow and ice, and received life membership of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Geoffrey Harrow papers
Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 1138
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences of A. Dudley Dobson (1930), one letter from A. Dudley Dobson (21 March 1932), photograph album containing photos from the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954. The album had two letters inside, 'Exploration of the Choyang Valley by G. Harrow, and recipes from Oriental Dinner (8 September 1973) from the Tibetan Children's Relief Society. Four bird feathers are also included in this collection, one male Bellbird feather from Christchurch in...
Dates:
1930 - 2012
Found in:
Christchurch City Libraries Archives