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.