Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - Ná mmalite afọ 1911, Mertz gara London ka ya na onye Ọstrelia na-amụ banyere ala na onye na-eme nchọpụta bụ́ Douglas Mawson nwee nnọkọ. Mawson, onye jere ozi dị ka onye ọkà mmụta sayensị n'oge njem Ernest Shackleton nke 1908<unk>1909 "Nimrod"
, na-eme atụmatụ njem nke ya n'Antarctic.