502 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
the British Museum. His Majesty the King received at 
Buckingham Palace all the members of the Expedition 
who were in the country, and conferred upon all the 
Antarctic medal, while officers and men of the Royal Navy 
have had special promotion ; and the Second in Command, 
Commander Evans, has been given the honour of C.B. The 
record is one of public munificence and personal friendship 
which, could they but have known it, would have greatly 
lessened the last cares of the Southern Party as they 
awaited their lonely end. 
