Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Tafiya: Maza tara a rukuni uku za su yi aikin tuƙa jirgin. Mataki na farko, wanda ya jawo kan kankara zuwa Hut Point, ya fara ne a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1915, kuma an kammala shi ba tare da wata matsala ba a ƙarshen watan. Mataki na biyu, yana jan baya da gaba tsakanin Hut Point da Bluff, ya zama mafi matsala, tare da yanayi mara kyau, mawuyacin shinge, da ƙarin rashin jituwa tsakanin Mackintosh da Joyce kan hanyoyin. A wannan lokacin, Mackintosh ya fi son ɗaukar mutum yayin da Joyce ke son yin amfani da karnuka huɗu masu dacewa - na karnuka shida da suka tsira daga hunturu, biyu suna da juna biyu kuma ba za su iya aiki ba. Mackintosh ya ba Joyce damar ci gaba da hanyarsa, yana jagorantar ƙungiya shida tare da karnuka, yayin da Mackintosh ya ci gaba da ɗaukar mutum tare da Wild da Spencer-Smith. Hanyoyin Joyce sun tabbatar da mafi inganci dangane da nauyin da aka ɗauka da kuma dacewa da maza. An kammala ajiyar tushe a Minna Bluff a ranar 28 ga Disamba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan babban tafiya zuwa Dutsen Fata ya fara, a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1916, gazawar murhun Primus ya sa mutane uku (Cope, Jack da Gaze) suka koma Cape Evans, inda suka shiga Stevens. Masanin kimiyyar ya kasance a sansanin don yin ma'aunin yanayi da kuma kallon jirgin. Sauran shida sun yi tafiya zuwa kudu, tare da Spencer-Smith da ke kasawa da sauri kuma Mackintosh yana gunaguni game da gwiwa mai raɗaɗi. Sun yi gwagwarmaya, suna shimfiɗa ɗakunan ajiya, suna amfani da ƙarancin kayan abinci da kansu duk da cewa, a kan dagewar Joyce, suna kiyaye karnukan da aka ciyar da su: "Kananun su ne kawai begenmu; rayuwarmu ta dogara da su. " Yayin da suka kusanci Mount Hope, Spencer-Smith ya rushe, ba zai iya ci gaba ba. Sauran sun bar shi kadai a cikin wani karamin alfarwa kuma suka yi tafiya 'yan mil da suka rage don sanya ajiyar karshe a Mount Hope a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1916. Ernest Wild ya bar wasika ga ɗan'uwansa Frank wanda ya ɗauka cewa a lokacin yana tafiya daga tekun Weddell tare da Shackleton.  Tambaya: Yaushe kungiyar ta bar Spencer-smith?
26 ga Janairu 1916