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Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor
Unsung Hero Tom Crean Antarctic Survivor Author:Michael Smith (from the dust jacket) ...... Exploration in Antarctica has produced many epic stories of endurance and survival. Tom Crean ran away from home as a youth and became one of the most indestructible heroes in Antarctic exploration. He played a central role in the dramatic events on three out of four British expeditions in the Heroic Age of Polar ... more »exploration. He served Scott and Shackleton -- both bitter rivals -- and outlived them both. An Unsung Hero reveals how he volunteered for Polar exploration, was one of the last to see Scott alive before his ill-fated expedition reached the South Pole, and how he returned to bury him in the snow months later. Tom Crean played a leading role in Shackleton's legendary Endurance expedition, sailing the small open James Caird across the violent Southern Ocean, and in the historic crossing of South Georgia's glaciers. (book description provided courtesy of seller keymedia)« less