Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (28 October 1880 – 20 August 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. Evans was seconded from the Navy to the Discovery Expedition of the Antarctic in 1901–04, when he served on the crew of the relief ship, and afterwards began planning his own Antarctic expedition. However, he suspended this plan when offered the post of second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913, as captain of the expedition ship "Terra Nova". He accompanied Scott
Scouting in the Antarctic completed training in Scotland, the French Alps, Norway and Greenland before the start of the expedition, Scouting in the Antarctic Scouting in the Antarctic is maintained by a single troop of Argentinian Scouts and also by visiting Scouts from other nations who are participating in expeditions and research projects. The southernmost Scout unit of the world, the "Grupo Scouts 1556 "Esperanza Blanca"", is at the Esperanza Base at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; it is affiliated to the Scouts de Argentina. Originally, the group belonged to the "Asociación Diocesana de Scouts Católicos Argentinos Castrense" (Diocesan Association of the Catholic