Granddaughter breaks leg on glacier during bid to retrace Tom Crean mission

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.

Aileen Crean-O’Brien, 55, left her Kenmare residence on September 21 and was due to return to the Kerry town on November 1, having retraced her grandfather’s steps.

She embarked on the trip along with her two sons, Cian and Morgan, and partner, Bill Sheppard, but the team accompanying her yesterday posted updates on the official Facebook page, detailing how the Kerrywoman sustained “a shattered knee, and ankle and fractured lower leg”.