Cape Evans

Cape Evans

Cape Evans (coord|77|38|S|166|24|E|) is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. It was discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Robert Falcon Scott, who named it the Skuary. Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), built its headquarters here, renaming the cape for Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans, Royal Navy, second in command of the expedition. [Langner, Rainer-K. (trans. Beech, Timothy) (2007). "Scott and Amundsen: Duel in the Ice", p. 120. London: Haus Publishing. ISBN 1905791089.] Scott's headquarters building still exists and is known as Scott's Hut.

ee also

*Erebus Ice Tongue
*McMurdo Sound
*Mount Erebus
*Ross Island
*Robert Falcon Scott
*Ernest Shackleton
*Terra Nova Expedition

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