Petty
officer
- Discovery 1901-04
Petty officer
Terra Nova
1910-13
One of the five men making up Scott's
team that reached the South Pole in 1913, but died on the return journey.
Edgar Evans joined the Discovery
Expedition from the ship Majestic where he had served with
and become acquainted with Captain Scott.
Landmarks named after Edgar Evans
Feature Name:
Evans
Glacier
Type: glacier
Latitude: 83°47´S
Longitude: 170°00´E
Description: A tributary glacier just S of Owen Hills,
flowing E from the Queen Alexandra Range into Beardmore Glacier.
Named by the NZGSAE (1961-62) for Petty Officer Edgar Evans, who
died near here.
Feature Name: Evans Névé
Type: glacier
Latitude: 72°45´S
Longitude: 164°30´E
Description: A large névé which nourishes the Tucker,
Mariner, Aviator, Rennick and Lillie Glaciers. Named for Edgar Evans
of the BrAE, 1910-13, by the Northern Party of NZGSAE, 1963-64.
Feature Name:
Evans
Piedmont Glacier
Type: glacier
Latitude: 76°44´S
Longitude: 162°40´E
Description: A broad ice sheet occupying the low-lying
coastal platform between Tripp Island and Cape Archer in Victoria
Land. Circumnavigated in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of
the CTAE, 1956-58.
Feature Name:
Cape
Evans
Type: cape
Latitude: 77°38´S
Longitude: 166°24´E
Description: Rocky cape on the W side of Ross Island, forming
the N side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Discovered by the BrNAE
(1901-04) under Scott, who named it the Skuary. Scott's second
expedition, the BrAE (1910-13), built its headquarters here,
renaming the cape for Lt. Edward R.G.R. Evans, RN, second in command
of the expedition.
