Shackleton ya fara aiki na farko, lokacin da ya isa tashar Stromness, shine ya shirya wa abokansa uku a sansanin Peggoty da za a tattara su. An sake aika da wani jirgin ruwa mai suna Worsley a kusa da bakin teku, tare da Worsley a cikin jirgin don nuna hanya, kuma a yammacin ranar 21 ga watan Mayu duk shida na jam'iyyar James Caird sun kasance lafiya. Ya ɗauki ƙoƙari hudu kafin Shackleton ya iya komawa Elephant Island don ceton jam'iyyar da aka yi a can. Ya fara barin Georgia ta Kudu ne kawai bayan kwana uku bayan ya isa Stromness, bayan ya tabbatar da amfani da wani babban jirgin ruwa mai suna, The Southern Sky, wanda aka shimfiɗa a Husvik Harbour. Shackleton ya tattara ma'aikatan sa kai, wanda ya shirya don tafiya da safe na ranar 22 ga watan Mayu.
Ministan Birtaniya a Montevideo