Family to retrace steps of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean

The family of an Irish Antarctic hero is marking his bravery by following in his footsteps, 100 years on.

Aileen Crean O’Brien, grandaughter of Tom Crean, and her sons Morgan and Cian D’Arcy will this month recreate his uncharted traverse of South Georgia.

The mission took place during Kerryman Crean’s third voyage south, on Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Endurance Expedition.