Archibald Lang McLean (1885–1922) – Explorer, writer and soldier

• Published in: Journal of Medical Biography
• Main Author: Guly, HR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2015
• Subjects: History and Philosophy of Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Antarctic; Archibald; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967772015622877; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0967772015622877; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0967772015622877

Archibald McLean qualified in Sydney in 1910 and in the following year joined Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914). He took a full part in the expedition and was forced to stay an extra year when Mawson failed to return to the base before the ship left. During this time he...