After Scott had considered various possible wintering spots, he chose a cape remembered from the Discovery days as the "Skuary",[52] about 15 miles (24 km) north of Scott's 1902 base at Hut Point.[50] Scott hoped that this location, which he renamed Cape Evans after his second-in-command,[52] would be free of ice in the short Antarctic summer, enabling the ship to come and go. As the seas to the south froze over, the expedition would have ready access over the ice to Hut Point and the Barrier.[53]