Sir Ernest Shackleton 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 […]

General Retirement and passing

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.

General

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

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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The Story of Tom Crean deserves a fitting end.

Return of Tom Crean and Endurance survivors

On 8th November 1916, the passenger and refrigerated cargo steamer, Highland Laddie, arrived in Tilbury docks in London. On board was Tom Crean and a number of his Endurance colleagues.. Offered free passage from Buenos Aires by the company’s Nelson Line owners, were eleven men who’d set sail on the […]

Endurance Expedition 1914-16

The return of Tom Crean and Elephant Island survivors.

Men from different classes who were a class Irish double act. There’s little doubt that song and humour played a vital part in the historic story of survival that brought about the greatest rescue in Polar history and that Tom Crean and Sir Ernest Shackleton were often centre-stage in providing […]

Discovery Expedition 1901-1904 Endurance Expedition 1914-16 Retirement and passing