Michael Smith is an authority on polar exploration who has appeared on TV and radio and lectured extensively. His books include: Icebound In The Arctic - The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition, An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean; I Am Just Going Outside, a biography of Captain Oates; Polar Crusader about Sir James Wordie; Tom Crean – An Illustrated Life; Great Endeavour – Ireland’s Antarctic Explorers; and Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer. Michael is a former award-winning journalist with The Guardian and The Observer.
