'Mount Crean' named among Greenland peaks | Irish Sun

'Mount Crean' named among Greenland peaks

Irish Times Sunday 10th April, 2011

LORNA SIGGINSKERRY POLAR explorer Tom Crean, who served with both Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Henry Shackleton, now has a Greenland mountain bearing his name.A 700m peak in eastern Greenland was given the title last week by a group of Irish mountaineers who are now en route home from an expedition to the area.The climbers, who undertook the expedition to raise funds for the Irish charity, Debra, also dedicated a peak to the charity, and to Scouting Ireland.They named an upland range after Charles Barrington, the Irishman who first climbed the 3,970m Eiger in Switzerland in 1858.Irish climber Myles Campion, Bill Roberts, who is originally from Scotland, and Greg Slingerland from South Africa share connections with Delgany, Co Wicklow. They recorded ascents of 10 previously unclimbed east...

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