Petty Officer Edgar Evans (1876 - February 17, 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's companions on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1911-1912. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Captain Sir Robert Falcon Scott RN (June 6, 1868 - March 29, 1912) was a British Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. ... Location of the South Pole in the Antarctic continent. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Evans was born in Wales, the son of a seaman. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1891, and in 1899 began service on HMS Majestic, where Scott was serving as a torpedo lieutenant. Evans then joined Scott's first Antarctic expedition in Discovery in 1901-1904. Along with William Lashly, he accompanied Scott on his "Furthest West" sledge journey to the interior of Victoria Land in 1903. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and commissioned into the Channel Squadron in December 1895. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... A number of ships have borne the name RRS Discovery. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Categories: Antarctica geography stubs | Geography of Antarctica | Ross Dependency ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...

Scott's biographer Roland Huntford described Evans as "a huge, bull-necked beefy figure" and a "beery womanizer" who was "running a bit to fat" by the time of Scott's second expedition in Terra Nova. Evans was nearly left behind in New Zealand when he drunkenly fell into the water while boarding the ship. However, Evans was a favorite of Scott, who decided to overlook the incident. Roland Huntford is an author, who among other things, wrote a biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen. ... [[Media:[[Terra Nova]]]] Bark (1f/3m). ...

Scott chose Evans as a member of his polar party, together with Lieutenant Henry Robinson Bowers, Lawrence Oates, and Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson. They reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, but their return journey became a desperate affair. Evans had cut his hand in an accident as they were nearing the pole, and due to the effects of scurvy the wound did not heal properly. All of the party were suffering from cold and lack of food, but as the largest of the men Evans was afflicted more acutely. He began to deteriorate mentally as well as physically, and may have suffered a head injury in a fall into a crevasse on February 4 which caused his condition to worsen rapidly. By this time he was also suffering badly from frostbite in his fingers and nose. Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (March 17, 1880-March 17, 1912) was a British Antarctic explorer. ... Edward Adrian Wilson (Uncle Bill) (July 23, 1872 - March 29, 1912) was an English polar explorer, physician, naturalist and ornithologist. ... Location of the South Pole in the Antarctic continent. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes. ... Crevasse on the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... Frostbite - or Congelatio in medical terminology - is the medical condition where damage is caused to skin and other tissues due to extreme cold. ...

On February 16, nearing the base of the Beardmore Glacier, Evans collapsed. The next morning, unable to keep up, he was left behind while the others went ahead man-hauling the sledge towards the next supply depot; they had to make a return journey to fetch him on the empty sledge. He died in the tent that night. It was not recorded what was done with his body, and none of the other members of the polar party survived the return journey. The Beardmore Glacier (83º45´S 171º00´E) in Antarctica is the largest glacier in the world, with a length exceeding 160 km (100 mi). ...

Edgar Evans is not to be confused with Lieutenant E.R.G.R. "Teddy" Evans, Scott's second-in-command on the Terra Nova expedition.

References

• Preston, Diana: A First Rate Tragedy. ISBN 0-618-00201-4
• Huntford, Roland: The Last Place on Earth. ISBN 0-689-70701-0
• Scott, Robert Falcon: Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals. ISBN 0-413-52230-X