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Final Polar Party Selection

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
4Named people
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Chronological records

1912

Edgar Evans4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott announces his decision: five men (Scott, Edward Wilson, H. R. Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans) would go forward to the South Pole.

Lawrence Oates4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott announces his decision: five men (Scott, Edward Wilson, H. R. Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans) would go forward to the South Pole.

Robert Falcon Scott4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott announces his decision: five men (Scott, Edward Wilson, H. R. Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans) would go forward to the South Pole.

Edward Adrian Wilson4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott announces his decision: five men (Scott, Edward Wilson, H. R. Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans) would go forward to the South Pole.

Names involved

Edgar EvansEdward Adrian WilsonLawrence OatesRobert Falcon Scott

Provenance

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