Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1909, Evans a ƙarshe ya faɗi ga jarabawar Antarctic, kuma ya sanar <unk> tare da albarkar Markham <unk> cewa zai shirya balaguro don bincika Sarki Edward VII Land. Ya shirya wani balaguro zuwa Pole, amma a matsayin manufa ta biyu; "kewaye da babban nahiyar Antarctic ya yi kira a gare ni da yawa". Da farko Evans ya nemi tallafi a Cardiff don Tafiya ta Antarctic ta Wales. A kusan lokaci guda, Scott ya fara shirin sabon bincike don amsawa ga Shackleton da aka kammala kwanan nan Nimrod Expedition
<unk> su biyun sun kasance a wannan lokacin abokan hamayya <unk> kuma a kan jin wannan Evans ya watsar da nasa aikin, ya canza kudadensa da tallafi ga Scott. A sakamakon haka, Scott ya nada shi mataimakinsa. Evans ya kawo Cardiff da tallafin Welsh da yawa wanda Scott ya sanya Cardiff a matsayin tashar jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa, "Terra Nova" kuma ya sanya Evans Kyaftin. Duk da wannan haɗin gwiwar, su biyun ba su kasance kusa ba, tare da rikici tsakanin Scott da kuma buɗewar Evans da aka nuna ta bambancin matsayi da shekaru. Scott daga baya ya bayyana Evans a cikin littafinsa na yau da kullun kamar yadda aka ɗauke shi da "sha'awar saurayi" da "mai ma'ana, amma mai jinkirin koyo", yana ganin cewa ya fi iyawa a matsayin mai jirgin ruwa fiye da mai bincike a ƙasa, kuma mai yiwuwa ba zai dace da ya jagoranci nasa ba.