1 & Emma, Rescue Attempts. Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean had just completed the final leg of their unbelievable journey of escape, from the ice floes of the Weddell Sea. An interior regarded by the few inhabitants who populated the stations there, as impenetrable. Ernest Shackleton. They were greatly distressed when Scott chose them for the return party on December 31. After the hardships of the voyage of the James Caird neither Vincent or McNish were capable of further venturing and McCarty remained behind to tend to them. Hot baths, haircuts, new clothes and a lavish meal were all provided for the men, and that evening a boat was readied to round the island and pick up McCarthy, McNish and Vincent. with Scott’s Discovery Expedition of 1901. The almost impossibility of achievement of every aspect of their gruelling pilgrimage, was emphasised in this final feat, as they had become the first humans to ever traverse the foreboding interior of South Georgia. Alas they were viewing this vista of salvation from a vantage high above, and what they could not locate was a safe passage downwards by which to reach it. Instituto de Pesca No. Honouring Tom Crean: a centenary expedition with the Crean family The whalers were simply stunned and in complete awe of what the men had achieved, and some of them even wept as they listened to the incredible saga of survival. Crean proved to be one of the most efficient man-haulersin the party; over the expedition as a whole, only seven of the 48-member party logged more time in harness than Crean's 149 days. It was the whistle that summoned the working day at the whaling station, and they knew they were close, and their journey was almost done. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The same floes that had pulverised and sank their ship Endurance in October 1915. Eventually they happened upon a man, who did not flee , despite being extremely wary of them, and at Shackleton’s request he took them to the manager – Mr. Sorrle. Discovery Expedition – Tom Crean enters the record books by Tim | Published November 11, 1902 On 11th November 1902, while serving on the Discovery Expedition, Tom Crean, part of a depot-laying group under the command of Lieutenant Michael Barne achieved the prized record of reaching ‘farthest south.” Crean, Evans, and Lashly were the last to see Scott and his companions alive. It was a thirty foot drop, and the only way down was through the icy cascade. As close as they were, there was far to go and they soon had to contend with a steep uncertain descent along a deep snowy slope, and the next obstacle was an icy gradient, but shortly afterwards they could see Stromness, alive with craft in the waters, and tiny figures busying about the sheds and buildings.