Captain Scott Archives - Tom Crean Book - 'Crean - The Extraordinary Life Of An Irish Hero'

This image you see here is the last known photograph taken of Tom Crean. 84 years ago to this day, the death of Tom Crean, Ireland’s unheralded hero, occurred in County Cork In a sad twist of fate, when his own hour of need arrived, there was no […]

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The Death of Tom Crean – 27th July 1938

Tom Crean sewing reindeer sleeping bags whilst serving on the Terra Nova Expedition

Using colourised images, this is the incredible story of Tom Crean.

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Tom Crean - From Boy 2nd Class to Hero 1st …

When Tom Crean was in Lockdown - Sydney 1900

Before Tom Crean set out on his first expedition to Antarctica in December 1901, his time in the Navy until he walked up the gangplank of RRS Discovery had been pretty eventful yet its a period in the timeline of his career that has never before been explored. After writing […]

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HMS Ringarooma and a time Tom Crean was in Quarantine

Tom Crean sets off on his lifesaving trek across Antarctica

Over a period of 18 hours on the 18th and 19th February 1912, an act of individual heroism, that remains unparalleled in the history of Antarctic exploration, was playing out its final act during Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the most inhospitable place on earth. A lifesaving solo […]

Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913

Tom Crean’s Lifesaving Solo March

Researching and writing Crean’s Life Story My book, Crean — The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero, has been as much a labour of love for me as it has been a passion to see Tom Crean awarded the recognition he deserves from the country he loved. For 3½ years I […]

Tom Crean Educational Resources

Timeline of Tom Crean

A story that deserves a fitting end A man his leaders relied on To the men he served under, Tom Crean was a vital cog in the wheel that saw them pioneer exploration of the most inhospitable continent on Earth. It’s a fact that both Shackleton and Scott valued and relied […]

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