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Thursday, 12 - Monday, 16 December 2024

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MARBLE ROCK FRAGMENT FROM ANTARCTICA reputedly ex. Rear Admiral E. Evans who returned from Scott's Expedition....

Estimate $200 - $500
Realised: $200 plus premium

Lot Details

with accompanying note stating... Was owned by the daughter of Henry Wright (died 1936?) who reputedly obtained it from Rear Admiral E.R.G.R. Evans. Note: Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, KCB, DSO, SGM (28 October 1880 – 20 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer. Evans was seconded from the navy to the Discovery expedition to Antarctica in 1901–1904, when he served on the crew of the relief ship, and afterwards began planning his own Antarctic expedition. However, he suspended this plan when offered the post of second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913, as captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but was sent back in command of the last supporting party. On the return he became seriously ill with scurvy and only narrowly survived.

MARBLE ROCK FRAGMENT FROM ANTARCTICA reputedly ex. Rear Admiral E. Evans who returned from Scott's Expedition.... Image 1++