Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua noa iho i tana haerenga tuarua ki te tonga, i panuitia a Evans ki te wahine o Aotearoa, a Hilda Russell. Ko Hilda te tamahine a T.G. Russell, he roia rongonui o te rohe, me te tuahine o G.W. Russell, tetahi o nga Mema o te Paremata mo te rohe o Christchurch. I hoki mai a Evans ki Christchurch i te 1 o Paenga-whawha 1904, a i marenatia te tokorua i te 13 o Paenga-whawha. I hoki mai raua ki Ingarangi i te Oketopa, i whakawhiwhia ai a Evans ki te Tohu Polar Bronze ka uru ano ki te ope moana, he tohunga mo te rangatira whakatere. I te tau kotahi mano e 1907, i whakaarohia e ia te tono kia uru atu ki
Ko te haerenga a Shackleton ki te Antarctic, engari i whakatau ia he mea nui kia nui ake te wa e noho ana ki tana mahi moana, kia kore ai e whakaiti i ana tumanakohanga a muri ake nei.