Shackleton ya yi watsi da tunanin ɗaukar ƙungiyar a kan tafiya mai haɗari zuwa Deception Island, saboda yanayin rashin lafiyar jiki na yawancin ƙungiyarsa. Port Stanley a cikin Falkland Islands ya fi kusa da Georgia ta Kudu, amma ba za a iya isa ba, saboda wannan zai buƙaci yin tafiya a kan iska mai ƙarfi. Shackleton ya zaɓi ƙungiyar jirgin ruwan: Worsley da kansa a matsayin mai bincike, Crean, Vincent McNish, da kuma McCarthy.
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