Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te rōpū whakamutunga, nā Mawson i ārahi, ka tere haere ki roto ki te tonga o te rōpū takutai ki te whenua o Wikitoria, he rohe i tirotirohia e ia i te wā o te "Nimirota" o Ernest Shackleton
i te tau 1908<unk>1909. I tūmanako ia ki te haere ki te rawhiti, ki te kohikohi raraunga matawhenua me ngā tauira, ki te mahere i te takutai, ki te tono whenua mō te karauna.