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Edgar Evans (Middleton, Rhossili, [1] 7 de março de 1876 – Geleira Beardmore, 17 de fevereiro de 1912) foi um militar, membro da Expedição Terra Nova (1910–1913), liderada por Robert Falcon Scott, onde morreria, juntamente com ele e mais três companheiros - Henry Robertson Bowers, Lawrence Oates e Edward Adrian Wilson.
Petty Officer Edgar Evans (7 March 1876 – 17 February 1912) 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.
Petty Officer Edgar Evans - Taff. 7th March 1876 - 17th February 1912. Born 1876 in Middleton, near Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, one of twelve children and the son of a sailor, Edgar Evans enlisted in the Royal Navy at 13 in 1891 and served on the same ship as Scott in 1899.
3 de abr. de 2022 · Her book Widows of the Ice, The Women that Scott's Antarctic Expedition Left Behind, looks at the life of Lois Evans, who married Petty Officer Edgar Evans, from Middleton, near Swansea....
3 de abr. de 2022 · Edgar Evans was a Petty Officer who joined Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910. His wife Lois defended his reputation against unfair criticism and blamed him for the failure of the mission.
17 de fev. de 2012 · Learn about the life and death of Edgar Evans, the first Welshman to reach the South Pole with Scott's expedition in 1912. Read about his courage, strength and fate in the harsh Antarctic conditions.
Title: Mr. Rank: Petty Officer (Royal Navy) Dates: 1876-1912. Nationality: British. Awards: Polar Medal (silver) Edgar Evans was born in Rhossili, Wales, on 9 March 1876. He worked as an errand boy before enlisting in the Royal Navy in 1891 at the age of 15, and serving as a Leading Seaman on HMS Excellent and a Petty Officer on HMS Majestic.
