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Last Supporting Party Turnback

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

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1912Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1912

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Evans, Lashly and Crean turn north on 4 January, about 160 miles from the Pole, while Bowers remains with Scott's final party.

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott orders Evans and the Last Supporting Party to turn back. Evans is physically exhausted after hauling a loaded sledge for much of the southward journey.

William Lashly4 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

William Lashly joins Edward Evans and Tom Crean in the last supporting party ordered to turn back before Scott's final advance to the Pole.

Names involved

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1stWilliam Lashly

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