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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.

Chapter 26

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.

Bibliography

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
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Jones, Tom C:
Patagonian Panorama
, Outspoken Press, 1961

Lansing, Alfred: Endurance:
Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
, Hodder &

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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

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