Lawrence Oates
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Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia during the Terra Nova Expedition when he walked from his tent into a freezing
Oates, c. 1911
Oates's primary task on the expedition was to attend to its horses.
Oates (far right) at the South Pole on 18 January 1912 as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. From left to right: Wilson, Bowers, Evans, Scott and Oates.
Monument to Oates, close to Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood, Leeds
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
Lawrence Oates
…sent back by Scott in teams. On 4 January 1912, at latitude 87° 32' S, only the five-man polar party consisting of Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans and Oates remained to march the last 167 miles (269 km) to the Pole. On 18 January 1912 they finally reached the Pole—only to discover a tent that…
Edgar Evans in 1911
Memorial to Evans in St Mary's Church, Rhossili, Wales