An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor by Michael Smith

Author:Michael Smith [Smith, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: *read, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Antarctica, Polar Regions, Biography & Autobiography, History
ISBN: 9781905172863
Publisher: The Collins Press
Published: 2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Many years later, Gran would fondly recall the Irishman’s substantial presence and stature at that time in the hut at Cape Evans. Crean clearly left a big impression on the Norwegian and in an interview in 1973 he said:

‘… [Crean was] a man who wouldn’t have cared if he’d got to the Pole and God Almighty was standing there, or the Devil. He called himself the “Wild Man from Borneo” and he was.’3

Crean was also a popular member of the party and Wright described him as ‘very good natured’. Debenham remembered that his ‘quips and brogue kept the mess-deck part of the hut merry’ and added:

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