The granddaughter of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean has broken her leg on the glacier which bears his name as she sought to recreate his famous trip on the Endurance mission a century ago.

The first Irishman to set foot in explorer Ernest Shackleton’s cabin saw a dream come true of watching it arrive in Ireland to become a permanent exhibition.

READERS of the Examiner will have seen Áilín Quinlan’s report of fin whales off the Cork coast.