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An unsung hero : Tom Crean- Antarctic survivor / Michael Smith.

By: Smith, Michael, 1946- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cork : The Collins Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2000Description: 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1903464099 (paperback).Subject(s): Crean, Tom, 1877-1938 | British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) | Explorers -- Ireland -- Biography | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- BritishDDC classification: 919.8904 | 919.0989 SMI
Contents:
A farmer's lad -- A chance meeting -- Into the unknown -- A home on the ice -- Into the wilderness -- South again -- South in a hurricane -- Hopes and plans -- The last great land journey -- A race for life -- A tragedy foretold -- Fatal choice -- A grim search -- A hero honored -- The ice beckons -- Trapped -- Cast adrift -- Launch the boats! -- A fragile hold on life -- An epic journey -- Crossing South Georgia -- Beyond belief -- Return to Elephant Island -- Life and death -- War, honor, marriage -- Tom the pole -- Memories.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 919.0989 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 0 Available 38888000798052
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 919.0989 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000445373
General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 919.8904 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00180546
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (pages 331-336) and index.

A farmer's lad -- A chance meeting -- Into the unknown -- A home on the ice -- Into the wilderness -- South again -- South in a hurricane -- Hopes and plans -- The last great land journey -- A race for life -- A tragedy foretold -- Fatal choice -- A grim search -- A hero honored -- The ice beckons -- Trapped -- Cast adrift -- Launch the boats! -- A fragile hold on life -- An epic journey -- Crossing South Georgia -- Beyond belief -- Return to Elephant Island -- Life and death -- War, honor, marriage -- Tom the pole -- Memories.