Petty Officer Edgar Evans was a Welsh Royal Navy petty officer and member of the "Polar Party" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This group of five men, personally selected for the final expedition push, attained the Pole on 17 January 1912. The party perished as they attempted to return to the base camp.
Edgar Evans in 1911
At the South Pole: Evans seated on the right
Memorial to Evans in St Mary's Church, Rhossili, Wales
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.
Robert Falcon Scott in 1905
Scott as a naval cadet, 1882
Portrait of Scott by John Thomson, c. 1900
Shackleton, Scott, and Wilson before their march south during the Discovery expedition, 2 November 1902