What are the profiles of the five protagonists of the great tragedy?

The five people are: Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowles, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates

Introduction is as follows:

Robert Falcon Scott: Captain of the British Navy. He failed to achieve his ambition of being the first to reach the South Pole. His rival Roald Amundsen got there a month ahead.

In June 1910, Scott set sail on the "Tela Nova". On the way, he heard that Amundsen was also heading to Antarctica.

On November 1, 1911, a group of Scott's men left their camping base and headed for the Antarctic. Blizzards made travel difficult. Therefore, on January 3, 1912, Scott decided to go forward with only four companions, namely Edward Wilson, Henry Bowles, Edgar Evans, and Lawrence Oates.

On January 17, Scott and his party arrived at the South Pole. But Amundsen's Norwegian flag was already flying there. Deeply disappointed, they set out on their way home. Evans died of a nervous breakdown; Oates suffered from severe frostbite and did not want to injure others, so he took the initiative to go out for a walk. In this environment, going out would only... The remaining three people had to camp. to avoid bad weather. But on March 29, Scott and three others died a few kilometers away from their camping base.

The details of Scott's last trip are known because he kept a diary up to the last day. In November 1912, a search party discovered the diary and the bodies of Scott and three others. The bodies of the three people were buried on the spot and are now deep under the Antarctic ice. Oates' body was never found.

Edward Wilson: Captain of the Royal Guards. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1829, he graduated from the University of Alabama in 1849 and received a PhD in biology from Harvard University in 1855. In the same year, he began teaching at Harvard University. Currently, he teaches at the University of Pellegrino and is an entomology researcher at Harvard University.

Wilson is a leader in American biology today. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1869 and received the world's highest environmental biology awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science and the Craford Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1896, Wilson was named by Time magazine as one of the 25 Americans who had the greatest influence on contemporary America.

Wilson is good at writing and won the Pulitzer Prize twice for "On Human Nature" and "The Ant".

He voluntarily froze to death in the Antarctic around January 17, 1912, along with Henry Bowles, Edgar Evan, and Robert Falcon Scott.

Henry Bowers: The name of Herry Bowers is indelible in the annual accounts of exploration and discovery. He was twenty-eight years old when he was with Captain Scott and Dr. "Bill" Wilson. When he returned from Antarctica in March 1912, he was trapped in a swirling snowstorm, and he couldn't sleep in that small tent. On one occasion, Bowles wrote in his diary: "I seem to be trapped in an inextricable doubt and disbelief. Why do we have so many disappointments? Life is difficult enough without them. Everything seemed like a hopeless problem. I felt I should never go out, there was no point." (Peter Masters, Men of Destiny, published by Evangelical Times, 1968)

Laurence Oates: Captain of the Royal Guards

Arrived at the Antarctic with Edward Wilson, Henry Bowles, Edgar Even, and Robert Falcon Scott Extreme.

Otzi becomes increasingly unable to walk and becomes more and more a burden to his friends rather than a helper. One day at noon, the temperature reached minus 40 degrees Celsius, and they had to slow down their walking speed. The unfortunate Oates not only felt, but also knew in his heart that if this continued, he would bring bad luck to his friends, so he made final preparations . He asked Wilson, who was in charge of scientific research, for ten tablets of morphine so that he could end himself more quickly if necessary. They walked with the patient for another difficult day. Then the unfortunate man himself asked them to leave him in the sleeping bag, separating his fate from theirs. But they firmly rejected the idea, even though they all knew it would undoubtedly reduce everyone's burden. So the patient had no choice but to stagger a few more kilometers on his frostbitten legs until he reached the camp where he would stay for the night. He slept with them until the next morning. When they woke up early in the morning, they looked outside and saw a howling snowstorm.

Oates suddenly stood up and said to his friends: "I'm going to go outside for a walk, and I may have to stay a little longer." The rest of the people couldn't help but tremble. Everyone knows what it means to take a walk outside in this weather.

But no one dared to say a word to stop him, and no one dared to stretch out his hand to say goodbye. All of them just felt with awe: Lawrence Oates, the cavalry captain of the Royal Guards, was walking toward death like a hero.

Edgar Evans: Petty Officer of the British Navy

Worked with Edward Wilson, Henry Bowles, Robert Falcon Scott and Laurence O. He reached the Antarctic Pole. Finally, he fell and was injured on the way back from the Antarctic Pole. He went crazy in pain and died of physical exhaustion.

Scott's diary entry regarding Evans:

Thursday, February 1st

The trek was spent most of the day. I walked 8 miles in 4 hours and 45 minutes. We were still walking at 8pm. We only had a quick lunch on December 29, only a week after leaving the supply station. Calculating three meals a day, we still have 8 days of food on hand, so there should be no problem reaching the next stop. Evans' fingers are now in bad shape, with two nails missing. It's frostbite...

Saturday, February 17

Things are very bad today. Evans seemed better after getting a good night's sleep. He said everything was fine as usual. He stayed in the same spot, but half an hour later he lost his skis and had to leave the sled. The road conditions are extremely bad. Later, we stopped for about an hour, and Evans followed us, but very slowly. Half an hour later he lost his shoes again, and we stood halfway up Monument Rock looking at Evans, and later set up tent for lunch. After the meal, Evans still didn't show up. We looked around and saw him far away from us. Now we were alert, and the four of us slid back together. I was the first to come to the poor man, and was stunned by his appearance. He was kneeling on the snow, his clothes were disheveled, his gloves were gone, and his hands were covered with ice. There was a crazy look in his eyes. I asked him what happened, and he slowly said that he didn't know, only that he thought he must have passed out. We helped him stand up, but after taking two or three steps he fell down again. He was completely frozen. Wilson, Powers, and I went back to haul the sled, and Oates stayed behind to take care of him. When we returned, Evans was unconscious. After we carried him into the tent, he was still unconscious. He died peacefully at 12:30 midnight.

Evans was the first of the four to die, including Scott.