Download or read book Tom Crean written by Michael Smith and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Crean ran away from his Kerry home, aged 15, to join the British navy in 1893. He travelled to the Antarctic with the famous explorers, Scott and Shackleton. He explored the unknown, crossed ice fields and wild oceans and courageously saved friends from death.