Any explicit examples of irrationals in the Cantor set?
Certainly there are irrationals in the Cantor set that can be described simply and explicitly, such as the number that has base $3$ expansion $$0.200200020000200000200000020\dots.$$ If the number were rational, its base $3$ representation(s) would be ultimately periodic. But it isn't, because of the increasing number of $0$'s between consecutive $2$'s.
Added: An interesting related question is whether there is a closed form irrational number in the Cantor set. The meaning of that question is not clear since we have not defined closed form. However, let $$\alpha=\sum_0^\infty \frac{2}{3^{n(n+1)/2}}.$$ Then $\alpha -2$ is an irrational number in the Cantor set, for basically the same reason as the example we gave in the main post. But $$\alpha=\sqrt[8]{3}\; \vartheta(0, 1/\sqrt{3}),$$ where $\vartheta$ is the Jacobi $\vartheta$-function. Unfortunately, $\vartheta$ is a pretty exotic function. If we define closed form more narrowly, I do not know what the answer would be.
As André indicates in the comments, any non-repeating ternary number containing no instances of $1$ is irrational and in the Cantor set. However, it is unknown whether or not all (and as far as I know any) irrational algebraic numbers are normal in any base. So the question of whether or not all irrationals in the Cantor set are transcendental may be open.