Lieutenant Evans surveying in the Antarctic (1768-1821) 26th July 1952

26th July 1952

van den Twee-koleurigen Kikvorsch

Original is oil on canvas 23 1/4x19 1/2 (inches)

Bombyx Paphia

Lieutenant Evans surveying in the Antarctic (1768-1821) 26th July 1952Lieutenant Evans surveying in the Antarctic, 1911 1912. Evans using the 4 inch theodolite used to locate the South Pole on Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1910 1913. Scott and four companions reached the Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Delayed on their return by blizzards and running out of supplies, Scott and his team died at the end of March.