The indestructible Tom Crean : heroic explorer of the Antarctic / Jennifer Thermes.
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- Crean, Tom, 1877-1938 -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Ireland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Sailors -- Ireland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Juvenile literature
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 -- Juvenile literature
- British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) -- Juvenile literature
- British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) -- Juvenile literature
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile literature
- Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) -- Juvenile literature
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Main Library | Children's Biography | CREAN, T. T411 | Available | 33111010953210 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Antarctica is the last unexplored continent. The ice is unforgiving. It can break the human spirit. It takes many men willing to face hardship, danger, and years away from home to journey to this uncharted end of the earth. This is the story of one. His name is Tom Crean.
The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery , Terra Nova , and Endurance expeditions. He hauls eight-hundred-pound sleds full of supplies, escapes from drifting ice floes, and trudges miles alone across a treacherous ice shelf. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and several others to go for help. They sail a tiny lifeboat through the most violent seas in the world and cross a daunting glacial mountain range by foot in order to save their fellow explorers. Tom Crean's heroic acts of courage, perseverance, and teamwork inspire the men to keep going.
Through dazzling mapwork and vivid illustrations, Jennifer Thermes brings a formidable landscape and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration to life.
Includes bibliographical references.
Ages 4-8 years Viking.
Grades K-1 Viking.
"The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and several others to go for help"-- Provided by publisher.