Mgbe Roald Amundsen merisịrị Kọntinent Ebe Ndịda na December 1911, Shackleton, bụ́ onye chọburu ime nke a n'onwe ya, chere echiche ọzọ banyere ihe ndị ọ chọrọ ime. O kweere na e nwere "otu ihe mgbaru ọsọ bụ́ isi nke njem Antarctic - ịgafe kọntinent Ebe Ndịda Ụwa site n'oké osimiri ruo n'oké osimiri". Shackleton gbakwasịrị ụkwụ n'atụmatụ ndị onye Skọtland bụ́ onye na-eme nchọpụta bụ́ William Spiers Bruce mepụtara tupu oge ahụ, ma kpebie na ya na ndị ya na ha so ga-aga n'ebe ndịda, n'ụsọ Oké Osimiri Weddell. Mgbe ahụ, ìgwè ya gafere kọntinent ndị ọzọ ga-aga n'ebe ndịda ruo n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Ụwa, tupu ha agafee ebe ugwu ahụ dị larịị ma si n'Osimiri Beardmore (nke Shackleton chọpụtara na 1909
) na Great Ice Barrier. Ebe ikpeazụ ha ga-aga gafere ihe mgbochi ahụ ruo McMurdo Sound nke dị n'ụsọ Oké Osimiri Ross.