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tealinThe subject of today's installment of the Terra Nova crew portraits is, as far as I know, the only one who has a theme song.
To Strive and Seek: Tom Crean, Hardcore Hero
Unflappable, amazing, intensely competent, cheerful, and resilient, Tom Crean also loved puppies! It's a wonder he doesn't have a fandom all his own. (Or does he?)
This is the photo mentioned, of Tom Crean and P.O. Evans sewing sleeping bags. Crean is on the left.
The South Pole Inn, which he founded, is still in Annascaul and open for business – and even has a Facebook page! What a fascinating modern world we live in.
Also, in case you're curious, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY the Polar Party left their first camp south of Shackleton's 'Furthest South,' which he had reached in 1909. They were treading virgin territory ... though it looked just like all the other territory, and the surface was dreadful for pulling a sledge. The Second Returning Party were trying to find their way back through fog and snow – more on that later – and the First Returning Party were going in circles when they couldn't find the tracks left by the dogs which had preceded them back. Adventure!
To Strive and Seek: Tom Crean, Hardcore HeroUnflappable, amazing, intensely competent, cheerful, and resilient, Tom Crean also loved puppies! It's a wonder he doesn't have a fandom all his own. (Or does he?)
This is the photo mentioned, of Tom Crean and P.O. Evans sewing sleeping bags. Crean is on the left.
The South Pole Inn, which he founded, is still in Annascaul and open for business – and even has a Facebook page! What a fascinating modern world we live in.
Also, in case you're curious, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY the Polar Party left their first camp south of Shackleton's 'Furthest South,' which he had reached in 1909. They were treading virgin territory ... though it looked just like all the other territory, and the surface was dreadful for pulling a sledge. The Second Returning Party were trying to find their way back through fog and snow – more on that later – and the First Returning Party were going in circles when they couldn't find the tracks left by the dogs which had preceded them back. Adventure!
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Date: 2012-01-12 09:02 pm (UTC)