Read An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor Online
Authors: Michael Smith
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13.
Admiralty Certificate for Wounds and Hurts, 28 April 1919.
14.
Admiralty Certificate of Conduct, HMS
Fox
, 31 October 1919.
15.
Ministry of Defence service record.
16.
Admiralty Certificate of Conduct, HMS
Hecla
, 4 March, 1920.
1.
Ministry of Pensions letter to Tom Crean, 16 March 1922.
2.
Crean letter to Kathleen Scott, 26 Augus, 1920, SPRI.
3.
Ibid
, SPRI.
4.
Crean letter to Capt R. H. Dodds, undated but probably written in 1918.
5.
Correspondence between The Admiralty and Sir Ernest Shackleton, regarding a new expedition, 1920, PRO.
6.
Recollections of Mary and Eileen (Crean) O’Brien.
7.
Ibid
.
8.
Ibid
.
9.
Recollections by Broke Evans, son of Teddy Evans.
10.
John Knightly, recollections of Crean from his father, Bob Knightly.
P
UBLISHED
S
OURCES
There are a considerable number of works about the history of Polar Exploration and the following list is meant to show those which were the most helpful to my background and understanding of the subject. It is, of course, a personal choice.
Alexander, Caroline:
The Endurance
, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998
Amundsen, Roald:
My Life as an Explorer
, Wm. Heinemann 1927
Amundsen, Roald:
The South Pole
, C. Hurst, 1976 (First published John Murray, 1912)
Armitage, Albert:
Two Years in the Antarctic
, Arnold, 1905
Barry, Denis:
Polar Crean
, Capuchin Journal, 1952
Bernacchi, Louis:
A Very Gallant Gentleman
, Thornton Butterworth, 1933
Bernacchi, Louis:
Saga of the
Discovery, Blackie & Son, 1938
Campbell, Victor:
The Wicked Mate
, (Ed. H. G. King), Bluntisham Books, 1988. (Original diary: Memorial University, Newfoundland Library)
Carse, Duncan:
The Times
, 16 March 1956
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley:
The Worst Journey in the World
, Constable, 1922
Debenham, Frank:
Tom Crean: An Appreciation
, Polar Record, 1939
Debenham, Frank:
In the Antarctic
, John Murray, 1952
Debenham, Frank:
The Quiet Land: The Antarctic Diaries of Frank
Debenham
, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1992
Dunnett, Harding:
Shackleton’s Boat, The Story of the
James Caird, Neville & Harding, 1996
Evans, Lord Mountevans:
Adventurous Life
, Hutchinson, 1946
Evans, Lord Mountevans:
South With Scott
, Collins, 1924
Evans, Lord Mountevans:
The Antarctic Challenged
, Staples Press, 1955
Evans, Lord Mountevans:
The Last Supporting Party
, (publication unknown) 1913 Fisher, James & Margery:
Shackleton
, Barrie, 1957
Gran, Tryggve:
Mitt Liv Himmel og Jord
, Ernest G. Mortensens Forlag, 1979
Gran, Tryggve:
The Norwegian with Scott – Tryggve Gran’s Antarctic
Diary 1910–13
, (Ed. Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith), HM Stationery Office, 1984
Gregor, Gary:
Swansea’s Antarctic Explorer – Edgar Evans, 1876–1912
, Swansea City Council, 1995 (Now: West Glamorgan Archive Service) Gwynn, Stephen:
Captain Scott
, The Bodley Head, 1929
Hallock, Judith Lee:
Profile: Tom Crean
, Polar Record, 1984
Hanssen, Helmer:
Voyages of a Modern Viking
, G. Routledge, 1936
Harrowfield, David:
Icy Heritage – Historic Sites of the Ross Sea
Region
, Antarctic Heritage Trust, 1995
Headland, Robert: Place Names in the Antarctic after Thomas Crean of Anascaul,
The Kerry Magazine
, No 4, 1992
Huntford, Roland:
Scott & Amundsen
, Hodder & Stoughton, 1979
Huntford, Roland:
Shackleton
, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985
Hurley, Frank:
Argonauts of the South
, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1925
Hussey, Leonard:
South With Shackleton
, Sampson Low, 1949
Huxley, Elspeth:
Scott of the Antarctic
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977
Johnson, Anthony:
Scott of the Antarctic and Cardiff
, University College Cardiff Press, 1984
Jones, A.G.E:
Polar Portraits
, Caedmon of Whitby, 1992
Jones, Tom C:
Patagonian Panorama
, Outspoken Press, 1961
Lansing, Alfred: Endurance:
Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
, Hodder &
Stoughton, 1959
Lashly, William:
Under Scott’s Command, Lashly’s Antarctic Diaries
Ed. by A. R. Ellis), Gollancz, 1969
Limb, Sue and Patrick Cordingley:
Captain Oates – Soldier and
Explorer, B.T. Batsford, 1982
MacDonogh, Steve:
The Dingle Peninsula
, Brandon Book Publishers, 1993
Markham, Sir Clements:
Antarctic Obsession – The British National
Antarctic Expedition 1901–4
, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1986 (Original manuscript material: SPRI)
Mason, Theodore K:
The South Pole Ponies
, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1979
Mill, Hugh R:
The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton
, Heinemann, 1923
Mill Hugh R:
Geographic Journal
, May 1912
Mills, Leif:
Frank Wild
, Caedmon of Whitby, 1999
Mountfield, David:
A History of Polar Exploration
, Hamlyn 1974
Ponting, Herbert:
The Great White South
, Duckworth & Co, 1921
Pound, Reginald:
Evans of the
Broke, Oxford University Press, 1963
Pound, Reginald:
Scott of the Antarctic
, Cassell & Co, 1966
Priestley, Raymond:
Antarctic Adventure – Scott’s Northern Party
,
McLelland and Stewart/C. Hurst & Co, 1974 (First published T. Fisher Unwin)
Ross, Sir James Clark:
A Voyage of Discovery & Research in the Southern
and Antarctic Regions, 1839–43
, John Murray, 1847
Savours, Ann:
The Voyages of the
Discovery, Virgin Books, 1992
Scott, Robert F:
The Voyage of the
Discovery, Smith Elder & Co, 1905
Scott, Robert F:
Scott’s Last Expedition, The Journals
, Smith Elder & Co, 1913
Scott Robert F:
The Diaries of Captain Robert Scott
, (Facsimile Edition) University Microfilms Ltd, 1968
Seaver, George:
‘Birdie’ Bowers of the Antarctic
, John Murray, 1938
Seaver, George:
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic
, John Murray, 1933
Shackleton, Sir Ernest:
South
, Century Ltd, 1991 (First published by William Heinemann, 1919)
Taylor, Griffith:
With Scott: The Silver Lining
, Smith, Elder & Co, 1916
Thomson, David:
Scott’s Men
, Allen Lane, 1977
Thomson, John:
Shackleton’s Captain: A Biography of Frank Worsley
, Hazard Press, 1999
Wild, Frank:
Shackleton’s Last Voyage
, Cassell & Co, 1923
Wilson, Edward:
Diary of
Discovery
Expedition to the Antarctic
1901–4
, Blandford Press, 1966
Wilson, Edward:
Diary of the ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition to the Antarctic
1910–12
, Blandford Press, 1972
Worsley, Frank:
The Great Antarctic Rescue
, Times Books 1977 (First published Folio Society)
Worsley, Frank:
Endurance
, Philip Allan, 1931
Wright, Charles: Silas:
The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles
S. Wright
, (Ed. C. Bull and P. Wright), Ohio State University Press, 1993
F
ILMS
90 degrees South
, Herbert Ponting, National Film and Television Archive, 1933
Scott of the Antarctic
, Ealing Studios, 1948
The Last Place on Earth
, Central Television, 1985
A
RCHIVE
S
OURCES
Admiralty Library, Ministry of Defence, London, UK (AL)
Bank of England (BoE)
British Library, Newspaper Library (BL)
The Library, Dingle, Kerry, Ireland (DL)
Dundee Heritage Trust, Dundee, UK (DHT)
Kerry County Library, Tralee, Ireland (KCL)
McManus Galleries, Dundee, UK (McMG)
Ministry of Defence, UK (MoD)
Public Record Office, London, UK (PRO)
Royal Geographical Society, London, UK (RGS)
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK (SPRI)
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (ATL/NLNZ)
The Gilbert White/Oates Museum, Selborne, Hampshire, UK (WOM)
N
EWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS
Note: A large number of contemporary newspapers and periodicals were consulted, including:
John Bull
, Falkland Islands, BL
Cork Examiner
, Cork, BL
Daily Express
, London BL
Daily Mirror
, London BL
Daily Sketch
, London BL
Daily Telegraph
, London BL
Kerry Champion
, Tralee, BL
Kerry Evening Post
, Tralee, BL
Kerry News
, Tralee, BL
The Kerryman
, Tralee, BL
Magellan Times
, Punta Arenas, BL
Reader’s Digest The Times
, London, BL
U
NPUBLISHED DIARIES, JOURNALS, RECORDS
Armitage, Albert | Discovery journals, 1901–4, SPRI |
Barne, Michael | Discovery diaries, journals, 1901–4, SPRI |
Bernacchi, Louis | Discovery journals, 1901–4, SPRI |
Crean, Mary and Eileen | Interviews with author, 1997; Family papers |
Duncan, James | Discovery diary, 1901–3, McMG |
Evans, Lord Mountevans | Antarctic journals, papers, letters, 1910–3, SPRI |
Fisher, J. and M. | Papers, letters re: Shackleton ; SPRI |
Ford, Charles | Discovery journal, 1901–4, SPRI |
Gran, Tryggve | Ontario Educational Communications Authority, transcript of interviews, 1974, SPRI |
Hare, Charles | Discovery diary, 1901–3 SPRI |
Keohane, Patrick | Antarctic journals, 1910–2 SPRI |
Lashly, William | Antarctic diary, 1911–2, SPRI |
McNeish, Harry | Endurance diaries, 1914–6, NLNZ |
Marston, George | Antarctic papers, letters, 1914–7, SPRI |
Oates, Lawrence E.G. | Fragments of diary, 1911–2, letters, WOM |
Scott, Robert F. | Letters of Proceedings, No 4; No 5; Discovery expedition, December 1901, RGS |
Shackleton, Sir E. | Endurance diaries, letters, papers, 1914–6, SPRI Correspondence, papers, etc, to Admiralty relating to proposed expedition 1920, PRO |
Wild, Frank | Antarctic papers, SPRI |
Williamson, Thomas | Antarctic journals, 1901–4; 1910–3; SPRI |
Worsley, Frank | Endurance diaries, papers, documents, 1914–6, SPRI |
Wright, Charles | Antarctic diaries and papers, SPRI |
Ships’ logs
:
RRS Discovery | RGS |
HMS Fox | PRO |
HMS Hecla | PRO |
HMS Inflexible | PRO |
HMS Ringarooma | PRO |
Documents
:
Tom Crean – Service documents
Royal Navy service record, 1893–1920: Copy collated by A.J. Francis for Navy Departmental Record Officer, dated 25/11/1975, RN;
Copy produced for the author by RN Departmental Records Office, 21/7/1997, MoD
Certificates of Appointment Various
Certificate of Service or Conduct Various
Gunnery and Torpedo History Sheet Various