Crean Glacier, Mountain glacier in South Georgia, British Overseas Territory.
Crean Glacier is a 6 km (4 mi) glacier on the north coast of South Georgia, flowing northwest from the Wilckens Peaks to the head of Antarctic Bay. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey between 1951 and 1957.
Crean Glacier was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Irishman Tom Crean, second officer of the Endurance under Ernest Shackleton in 1914–16. Crean crossed South Georgia overland with Shackleton and Frank Worsley from King Haakon Bay to Stromness, and the glacier lies on that route.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1958 after Tom Crean (1877–1938), second officer of the Endurance on Shackleton's 1914–17 expedition. Crean, Shackleton and Frank Worsley crossed South Georgia overland from King Haakon Bay to Stromness, and the glacier lies on that route.
This location can only be reached by sea, as South Georgia does not have regular air service for visitors. Expedition ships are the standard way to visit this remote glacier region.
The glacier lies on the overland route that Shackleton, Crean and Frank Worsley took from King Haakon Bay to Stromness after their boat journey from Elephant Island. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 for Tom Crean, second officer of the Endurance.
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