A In your copy, go investigate. 1. How old was Tom when he ran away to join the navy?


2. What was the name of the captain with whom Tom sailed to the South Pole? What happened to him?


3. What was the name of the ship that Tom sailed on with Shackleton? 4. What did the explorers do when they reached South Georgia? 5. What did Tom do when he returned home?


B In your copy, give your opinion. 1. Why do you think Tom wanted to run away to join the navy? 2. Why do you think he returned to the Antarctic after his ‘doomed attempt’? 3. How did the men who were ‘stranded’ feel? 4. Was Tom a musical person? How do you know? 5. What do you think made Tom a good explorer?


C Vocabulary: Synonyms


What synonyms (another word with the same meaning) can you find in the poem for these words?


TOM CREAN SOUTH POLE INN cried discover icy fearless


D Cloze procedure: ‘Tom Crean’. Fill in the blanks. deeds


slept


Shackleton Annascaul


He ran away to join the farmer’s son from ’Twas


, He built a


and wept ... With A kind and loyal


at sixty one, His Crean prayers


brave man


the tough and who found Scott’s he bravely sailed, to rescue every upon the man, said his ,


to all, this cheerful-hearted man ... Though he left this live on, Tom Crean.


57 navy friend when he was just superman


cairn world


fifteen body


the Tom Crean ... , frozen where he


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