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A blue background with a pattern of icebergs. A flat illustration of a man in a wool hat and jumper with a pipe, holding puppies stands in the centre. The title is in large white, capital letters in the centre.

Tom Crean: The Brave Explorer

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Discover the brave explorer that was captain Tom Crean!

Tom was one of ten children who grew up on a farm near Anascaul in County Kerry. He loved adventure so much that, at the age of fifteen, he ran away to join the British Navy and sail around the world. While his ship was moored in New Zealand, Tom met Captain Robert Scott. Scott's dream was to be the first person to ever reach the South Pole and he asked Tom to join his crew.

And so Tom's epic adventure began ...


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Author: John Burke

Illustrator: Fatti Burke

Format: Hardback

Size: 19.6 x 25.3 cm, 32 pages

Publisher: Gill Books

ISBN: 9780717186563

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