Tom Crean 25th Feb 1877-27th Jul 1938

Tom Crean 25th Feb 1877-27th Jul 1938

Tomás Ó Croidheáin, Born: Anascaul, Co Kerry
Buried: Ballynacourty Cemetery, Anascaul Co Kerry

Thomas "Tom" Crean was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–13 Terra Nova Expedition

Onoir O Brien, Wikipedia image, Youtube video,

video from youtube madcatmovies account : Michael Smith, author of An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean, talks about the life and heroics of Tom Crean outside Tom Crean's pub, the South Pole Inn, Anascaul, Special thanks to Michael Smith, Cliff Wedgbury "The Ballad of Tom Crean" and Kemare trad Irish band Amergin, "Grey Funnel Line"...Photo of Tom Crean taken aboard the Endurance, 1914.}} |Source=Photo taken by the Endurance Expedition (1914) photographer |Author=Frank Hurley |Date=1914 |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Ca burial site image from Gokerry.ie

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