Bayan Shackleton ya bar tare da James Caird, Frank Wild ya ɗauki umurnin ƙungiyar Elephant Island, wasu daga cikinsu suna cikin yanayin ƙasa, ta jiki ko ta hankali: Lewis Rickinson ya sha wahala wani mummunan ciwon zuciya; Perce Blackborow ba zai iya tafiya ba, saboda ƙafafun da aka yi da sanyi; Hubert Hudson ya yi baƙin ciki. Babban fifiko ga jam'iyyar shi ne mafaka na dindindin a kan hunturu na kudancin da ke gabatowa da sauri. A kan shawarar George Marston da Lionel Greenstreet, wani hutun da ake kira "Snuggery" an inganta shi ta hanyar jujjuya jiragen biyu da sanya su a kan ganuwar dutse, don samar da kimanin ƙafa biyar (1.5 m) na ɗakin ajiya. Ta hanyar canvas da sauran kayan da aka sanya hutun a cikin wani shelter, amma a cikin Blackwood.
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