Thomas CREAN was a prodigious traveler who sailed on three of the four momentous expeditions of Britain's Heroic Age and at that time rightly won the highest possible recognition for his achievements. He was a colorful, popular, handsome character who was one of the very few men to serve both Scott and Shackleton with equal distinction. At the end of it all, he retired to his native Co. Kerry and peacefully ran a public house and raised a family. Book review, "An Unsung Hero, Tom Crean, Antarctic Survivor," a moving account, honest, powerful - pub. 2001, Michael Smith, The Collins Press (ISBN 1-899998256-90-X).