Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Varume vapfumbamwe mumapoka evatatu vaizoita basa rokukwasva. Danho rokutanga, rokutakura chando chegungwa kuenda kuHut Point, rakatanga musi wa1 September 1915, uye rakapedzwa pasina tsaona pakupera kwemwedzi iwoyo. Danho rechipiri, rokudzokera shure uye mberi pakati peHut Point neBluff, rakaratidza kuva rinonetsa zvikuru, nemamiriro okunze asina kunaka, nzvimbo yakaoma yeBarrier, uye kusawirirana kukuru pakati paMackintosh naJoyce pamusoro penzira. Panguva ino, Mackintosh akasarudza kutakura vanhu apo Joyce aida kushandisa imbwa ina dzakakwana - pambwa nhanhatu dzakanga dzapona munguva yechando, mbiri dzakanga dzine pamuviri uye dzakanga dzisingagoni kushanda. Mackintosh akabvumira Joyce kupfuurira nenzira yake amene, achitungamirira boka revanhu vatanhatu nembwa, apo Mackintosh akapfuurira kutakura vanhu naWild naSpencer-Smith. Nzira dzaJoyce dzakabvumikisa kuva dzinoshanda zvikuru mumativi emitoro inotakurwa uye kukodzera kwavarume. Nzvimbo yekugara paMinna Bluff yakapedzwa musi wa28 Zvita. Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge kufamba kukuru kuenda kuMount Hope kwatanga, musi wa1 Ndira 1916, kukundikana kwechitofu chePrimus kwakatungamira varume vatatu (Cope, Jack naGaze) kudzokera kuCape Evans, kwavakabatana naStevens. Musayendisiti wacho akanga aramba ari pachiteshi kuti aongorore mamiriro okunze uye kuti arambe akatarira ngarava. Vamwe vatanhatu vakaenda nechokumaodzanyemba, Spencer-Smith achitadza nokukurumidza uye Mackintosh achinyunyuta nezvomubvi unorwadza. Vakaramba vachirwisana, vachigadzira matura, vachishandisa zvokudya zvishomanene bedzi ivo vamene kunyange zvazvo, pakusimbirira kwaJoyce, vachichengeta imbwa dzakadyiwa zvakanaka: "Imbwa itariro yedu bedzi; upenyu hwedu hunotsamira padziri". Pavakanga vava kusvika paMount Hope, Spencer-Smith akadonha, asingakwanisi kuenderera mberi. Vamwe vakamusiya ari oga mutende duku ndokufamba makiromita mashomanene akasara kuti vagadzire nzvimbo yokupedzisira yokuchengetera zvinhu paMount Hope pana 26 January 1916. Ernest Wild akasiya tsamba nokuda kwomunun'una wake Frank uyo aifungidzira kuti panguva iyoyo akanga achifamba achiyambuka Gungwa reWeddell naShackleton.  Mubvunzo: Boka racho rakabva rini kuSpencer-smith?
26 January 1916