Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te kāinga i Bedfordshire, i haere a Aeneas ki Bedford Modern School. Katahi ia ka whai i te ara kotahi i arahi ai a Ernest Shackleton e rima tau ki mua, ka whakarere i te kura i te 16 o ona tau ki te haere ki te moana. I muri i te mahi i te mahi pakeke o te Kaiwhakahaere Kaihokohoko, ka uru ia ki te P me te Raina O, ka noho ki tenei kamupene kia tae ra ano ia ki te Shackleton's
Ko te haerenga a "Nimirota", i rere ki Antarctica i te tau 1907.