I taua wā, i Ateria, i whakaatu a König i ana mahere ki te hui komiti o te Austrian Geographical Society i te marama o Hanuere 1914. I te hui o te tau 1914, i kitea e Shackleton he mahere rite tonu, ko te tikanga e rua nga haerenga, me nga whaainga tino rite, ka mahi i te rohe kotahi o te Antarctic i te wa ano. Ko te urupare a König ko te kii kua whakawhitihia e Filchner ki a ia ana tika tuatahi i te rohe o Vahsel Bay, na reira me haere a Shackleton ki tetahi atu waahi. Ko te perehitini o mua o te Royal Geographical Society, Sir Clements Markham, he tangata whai mana tonu, i whakaae: "Me waiho e te tangata te rohe ki König i mahi ai ia i nga wa o mua". He rite tonu tēnei tūnga ki tā Shackleton i kite ai ki a Kapene Scott, i mua i te "Nimirota" Expedition
I te tau 1907, i te wā i kī ai a Scott i te wāhi o McMurdo Sound o te Moana o Ross, ā, i tono ia kia kimihia e Shackleton tētahi atu turanga. Kātahi a Shackleton ka whakaroa ki a Scott, engari i te wā i Antarctica, ka whakatikatika i tana kupu whakaari, ka whakatū i tana turanga i roto i a McMurdo Sound. Na, i whakatau a Shackleton kia kaua ia e tukua, a ka whakamōhio atu ki te Royal Geographical Society: "He tika ano taku ki te whakamahi i te Vahsel Bay hei Dr. König... E kore e taea e ahau te whakarereke i nga whakaaro i whakaritea e ahau i mua noa atu".