Ko te ara anake tūturu i taea te mahi i tenei ko ki te whakarite i tetahi o nga kaipuke whakaora mo te 800-mire (1,300 km) haerenga puta noa i te Moana Southern, ki te Tonga Georgia. i whakarerea Shackleton whakaaro o te tango i te rōpū i runga i te haerenga iti mōrearea ki Deception Island, no te mea o te huru tinana kino o maha o tona rōpū. ko Port Stanley i roto i te Falkland Islands i tata atu i te Tonga Georgia, engari e kore i taea te tae, rite tenei e titau rere ki te hau kaha kaha kaha. whiriwhiria Shackleton te rōpū kaipuke: Worsley rite navigator, Crean, Vincent McNish, ko McCarthy.
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