I whakaaro Shackleton inaianei ko ki te haere te kaimahi ki te hauauru, ki tetahi ranei atu o te maha ngā ūnga taea. Ko tona whakaaro tuatahi ko mo Paulet Island, te wahi i mohio ia i reira ko te huti kei roto i te rokiroki kai nui, no te mea i whakahau ia reira 12 tau i mua i te wa e whakahaere ana i te awhina mo Otto Nordenskjöld o tūnga Swedish haerenga. Ētahi atu tūponotanga ko Snow Hill Island, i nei i noho Nordenskiöld o, me te i whakapono ki te pupuri i te kararehe o supply tūpono, ranei Robertson Island. Shackleton e i tetahi o enei motu e taea ki te tae ki a Graham Land, ka whiwhi ki te whakawhiti whaling i roto i Wilhelmina Bay. whakapono ia e i runga i te ra o Oketopa 1917, ka taea e ratou te haere atu 346 maero i raro i te moana i runga i te papa o Paulet Hill. I roto i a ratou i te papa o te moana i roto i te wa e toru maero i roto i runga i te papa o te wai, i te mea i whakaarohia kia rite ki te tere haere i runga i te pa
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