Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te tau 1911, ka haere a Mertz ki Rānana ki te whakatau ki te tohunga whenua o Ahitereiria me te kairangahau a Douglas Mawson. Ko Mawson, nāna i mahi hei tohunga ahupūngao i te wā o Ernest Shackleton 1908<unk>1909
"Nimirota" haerenga, i te whakamahere i tona ake haerenga Antarctic.