Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ka ọ dịgodị, n'Austria, König kpughere atụmatụ ya n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro ná nzukọ kọmitii nke Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Ndị Dị n'Ụwa nke Austria na January 1914. Ná nzukọ ahụ e nwere na 1914, e kwuru na Shackleton na-atụ aro otu atụmatụ ahụ, nke pụtara na ndị njem abụọ, bụ́ ndị nwere ihe mgbaru ọsọ ndị yiri nnọọ onwe ha, ga na-arụ ọrụ n'otu ebe n'Antarctic n'otu oge ahụ. Ihe König mere bụ ikwu na Filchner nyefere ya ikike nke ibute ụzọ na mpaghara Vahsel Bay, na Shackleton kwesịrị ịga ebe ọzọ. Onye bụbu onyeisi oche nke Royal Geographical Society, bụ́ Sir Clements Markham, bụ́ onye ka bụ onye a ma ama, kwetara, sị: "A ghaghị inyefe König ógbè ahụ ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ya n'oge ndị gara aga". Ọnọdụ a yiri nke Shackleton nwere ahụmahụ na Captain Scott, tupu
Njem Njem "Nimrod" na 1907, mgbe Scott kwuru na ọ bụ ya ga-ebute ụzọ n'ebe a na-akpọ McMurdo Sound nke dị n'Oké Osimiri Ross ma gwa Shackleton ka ọ chọta ebe ọzọ. Shackleton ji obi ike hapụzie Scott nanị ka ọnọdụ ndị e nwere n'Antarctic mee ka ọ ghara imezu nkwa ya ma guzobe ebe ọ ga-anọ n'ime McMurdo Sound. Ugbu a, Shackleton kpebisiri ike na ya agaghị ada mbà, ọ gwakwara ndị Royal Geographical Society, sị: "Enwere m ikike dị ukwuu iji Vahsel Bay mee ihe dị ka Dr. König... Apụghị m ịgbanwe atụmatụ ndị m mere ogologo oge gara aga".