Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I ahu mai a Joyce i tētahi whānau kaipuke iti, a, i tīmata tana mahi kaipuke hei tamaiti kaipuke i te tau 1891. I tīmata ōna wheako Antarctic 10 tau i muri mai, i a ia i uru atu ki te Rangahau Discovery a Scott hei Kaihauturu Kaituku. I te tau 1907, ka tono a Shackleton ki a Joyce kia whakahaere i nga kuri me nga taraiwa i runga i te
Ko te Tirohanga Nimirota. I muri mai ka uru atu a Joyce ki tetahi mahi rite mo Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition i te tau 1911, engari i wehe atu i te haerenga i mua i te wehenga atu ki Antarctica. I te tau 1914, i whakauruhia e Shackleton a Joyce mo te roopu Moana o Ross; ahakoa tana mahi toa i tohuhia e tenei haerenga te mutunga o te hononga a Joyce ki te Antarctic, me tana mahi torotoro, ahakoa i kaha ia ki te uru atu ki etahi atu haerenga.