Dee ihe ọzọ na paragraf a - Beardmore nwere mmasị n'ebe Shackleton nọ ruo n'ókè nke inye ya nkwado ego, ma o siiri ya ike inweta onyinye ndị ọzọ. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, na February 1907, Shackleton kọwaara Ụlọ Ọrụ Royal Geographical Society atụmatụ o mere maka ịga njem n'Antarctic, bụ́ nke a kpọrọ aha bụ́ British Antarctic Expedition
, e bipụtara na akwụkwọ akụkọ Royal Geographical Society, "Geographical Journal". Ihe mgbaru ọsọ ha bụ imeri ma Ebe Ndịda Ụwa nke dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ ma Ebe Ndịda Ụwa Magnetik nke dị n'ebe ndịda. Shackleton rụsiri ọrụ ike iji mee ka ndị ọzọ bụ́ ndị enyi ya na ndị ya na ha maara bụ́ ndị bara ọgaranya nye onyinye, gụnyere Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, bụ́ onye nyere £2,000 (ihe dị ka £2,000) iji nweta ebe ọ ga-anọ na njem ahụ; onye edemede bụ́ Campbell Mackellar; na onye na-achị Guinness bụ́ Lord Iveagh, bụ́ onye e nwetara onyinye ya ihe na-erughị izu abụọ tupu ụgbọ njem ahụ bụ́ "Nimrod" apụọ.