Royal Irish Academy Celebrates Heroics of Irish Antarctic Adventurer Tom Crean

30th June 2022

Petty officers Edgar Evans and Tom Crean (left) mending reindeer sleeping bags on 16 May 1911 during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13

Petty officers Tom Crean (left) and Edgar Evans mending reindeer sleeping bags on 16 May 1911 during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 Credit: Herbert Ponting/public domain/mycolorfulpast.com

The latest Library Blog post from the Royal Irish Academy celebrates the heroics and legacy of Irish polar explorer Tom Crean.

Collecting a number of revealing images — including a drawing of Crean’s Co Kerry home from the RIA’s own collection — the post traces the adventurer’s exploits with Captain Scott, first on the Discovery and later on the ill-fated Terra Nova, via the periodicals of the time.

Crean’s exploits have been widely recognised, most recently in a stamp set last year celebrating Irish men who played a significant role in the Antarctic expeditions of more than a century ago — and in the name of Ireland’s latest marine research vessel.

The RIA website has much more on Crean’s remarkable story HERE.

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