Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mackintosh nechepakati pebato vakasvika muSydney, mukupera kwaOctober 1914. Vakawana kuti Aurora akanga asiri mumamiriro ezvinhu okushanyira Antarctic, uye aida kugadziridzwa kukuru. Kunyoreswa kwechikepe chacho muzita raShackleton kwakanga kusati kwaitwa zvakarurama, uye zviri pachena kuti Shackleton akanga asinganzwisisi mashoko aakanga atenga nawo chikepe chacho kubva kuna Mawson. Mawson akanga adzorera zvakawanda zvezvinhu zvaiva mungarava, zvose zvaida kutsiviwa. Kuti dambudziko racho riwedzere, Shackleton akanga adzikisa mari yaikwanisa kupiwa Mackintosh kubva pa£2,000 kusvika pa£1,000, achitarisira kuti aizowana mari yacho nokutsvaka zvinhu zvokupa sezvipo zvepachena uye nokuisa ngarava yacho muchikwereti. Pakanga pasina mari yakanga iripo yokufukidza mibairo nemari dzokugara dzeboka racho. Shackleton zvino akanga asingasvikiki, ari mungarava inonzi Endurance munzira yokuAntarctica. Vatsigiri venzendo muAustralia, zvikurukuru Edgeworth David uyo akanga ashanda somusayendisiti mukuru panzendo yaNimrodhi, vakanga vane hanya nenhamo iyo boka raMackintosh rakanga raiswa mairi. Vakabatsira kuunganidza mari yakakwana yokuchengeta rwendo rwacho ruchirarama, asi nhengo dzinoverengeka dzeboka racho dzakasiya basa kana kuti dzakasiya basa racho. Vamwe vakatsiviwa muminiti yekupedzisira vakanga vari vatsva; Adrian Donnelly, injini yekugadzira injini isina ruzivo rwegungwa, yakasaina seyechipiri injini, apo mushandi we wireless Lionel Hooke aiva mudzidzi wemagetsi ane makore gumi nemasere. Pasinei nematambudziko ose aya, Aurora yakabva kuSydney musi wa 15 December 1914, yakananga kuHobart, kwaakasvika musi wa 20 December kuti atore zvigadziro zvekupedzisira uye mafuta. Musi wa24 December, kwapera vhiki nhatu kubva pakatanga rwendo rwacho, Aurora yakabva yaenda kuAntarctic, ichisvika paRoss Island musi wa16 January 1915. Mackintosh akasarudza kugadzira hwaro hwepamhenderekedzo yegungwa paCape Evans, dzimbahwe raKaputeni Scott panguva ye1910-13 Terra Nova Expedition, uye kutsvaga nzvimbo yakachengeteka yechando yeAurora iri pedyo.  Mubvunzo: Chii chakawanwa pamusoro peAurora?
yakanga isiri mumamiriro ezvinhu okushanyira Antarctic