Edgar Evans
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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 fi
Edgar Evans in 1911
At the South Pole: Evans seated on the right
Memorial to Evans in St Mary's Church, Rhossili, Wales
Edward Wilson (explorer)
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Edward Adrian Wilson was an English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist.
Edgar Evans
…Scott decided to overlook the incident. Scott chose Evans as a member of his polar party, with Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, Lawrence Oates, and Edward Adrian Wilson. Scott described Evans as "a giant worker—he is responsible for every sledge, every sledge-fitting, tents, sleeping-bags, harness, and when one cannot…
Edward A. Wilson
Shackleton, Scott and Wilson, on 2 November 1902
The great ice barrier – looking east from Cape Crozier, 1911 watercolour by Wilson
Bowers, Wilson and Cherry-Garrard