Ka cika wannan magana: Ba da daɗewa ba kafin ya sake yin tafiya zuwa kudu, aka sanar da cewa Evans ya yi alkawari da wata 'yar New Zealand, mai suna Hilda Russell. Hilda 'yar T.G. Russell ce, fitaccen lauya na gari, kuma 'yar'uwar G.W. Russell, ɗaya daga cikin' yan majalisa na yankin Christchurch. Evans ya dawo Christchurch a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1904, kuma ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 13 ga Afrilu. Sun dawo Ingila a watan Oktoba, inda aka ba Evans lambar yabo ta Bronze Polar kuma ya koma cikin sojan ruwa, ya zama jami'in kula da sufuri. A shekara ta 1907 ya dan yi la'akari da neman shiga
Shackleton ta Antarctic balaguro, amma yanke shawarar maimakon cewa yana da muhimmanci a ciyar da karin lokaci a cikin jirgin ruwa aiki, don kauce wa iyakance ya nan gaba al'amurra.