Profile: Thomas Crean

Abstract Born in Annascaul, Ireland in 1877, Thomas Crean enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1893 and was serving in New Zealand when Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition passed through en route for McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. As an AB in Discovery he gained experience which he later put to...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Hallock, Judith Lee
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1985
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Weddell Sea
McMurdo Sound
New Zealand
Weddell
Polar Plateau
Crean
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400006355
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400006355
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Summary:Abstract Born in Annascaul, Ireland in 1877, Thomas Crean enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1893 and was serving in New Zealand when Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition passed through en route for McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. As an AB in Discovery he gained experience which he later put to good use in two further British expeditions, Scott's British Antarctic ( Terra Nova ) Expedition, in which he sledged to the polar plateau, and Shackleton's Imperial Tran-Antarctic ( Endurance ) Expedition, in which he was given charge of the dog teams, drifted on the pack ice of the Weddell Sea and took part in the epic open-boat journey to South Georgia.

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