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Scott's ill fated Antarctic team. Edgar Evans seated left, next to Captain Oates
He was one of the world's first people to set foot on the South Pole and now the awe-inspiring story of a Swansea adventurer will be retold a century later.
Swansea Council is making preparations for an exhibition called Ninety Degrees South at Swansea Museum that will focus on Edgar Evans – one of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's famous Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition party.
Petty Officer Evans was one of just five in the party to make the South Pole on January 17 in 1912 only to discover Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's group had beaten them by 33 days.
All five perished from a combination of starvation, exhaustion and extreme cold on their return from the Pole. Gower-born Evans died at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier exactly a month after he'd reached the Pole.
Swansea Council's exhibition will be launched on January 18 next year and will feature a selection of photos, family memorabilia and display panels. It will also feature a boot and a pistol from the fateful expedition.
An exhibition called Cold Recall about Amundsen's Polar expedition and work will run alongside it.
It's being loaned to Swansea Museum by the Fram Museum in Norway. Fram Museum Director Geir Klover will visit Swansea Museum on January 19 to present a talk on the exhibition.
A series of other Polar expedition-themed talks will also be held at Swansea Museum throughout February.
Cllr Graham Thomas, Swansea Council's Cabinet Member for Culture, Recreation and Tourism, said: "The story of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole is legendary and this exhibition will chart the adventure by focussing on the involvement of a Swansea man.
"Edgar Evans is one of the greatest adventurers to have ever emerged from our city so it's very apt that his extraordinary achievement will be celebrated a century later.
"Swansea Museum has a tradition of putting on exhibitions of the highest quality and this exhibition will spark the imagination of anyone who makes a visit.
"The combination of the Ninety Degrees South and Cold Recall exhibitions will appeal to everyone who's adventurous at heart."
Edgar Evans was born at Middleton on Gower in 1876. He attended St Helen's Boys School before joining the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old.
His first experience of polar exploration came from 1901 to 1904 when he joined Captain Scott's National Antarctic Expedition tasked with seeking out mineral wealth for the British Empire.
Scott was so impressed with his ingenuity, courage and strength that he then invited him on the Terra Nova expedition.
