Markii ay soo gaadheen Cape Evans 15kii Janaayo 1915 waxay ahayd xilli ka dambeeya kii la qorsheeyay, laakiin taliyaha kooxda Aeneas Mackintosh wuxuu sameeyay qorshooyin deg deg ah oo loogu talagalay safarka kaydinta kaydinta ee Ross Ice Shelf, maadaama uu fahmay in Shackleton uu rajeynayay inuu isku dayo inuu ka gudbo inta lagu guda jiro xilligaas koowaad. Ragga iyo eeyaha midkoodna ma aysan la qabsanin, kooxduna guud ahaan, aad bay u khibrad yaryihiin xaaladaha barafka. Safarkii ugu horreeyay ee barafka wuxuu sababay luminta toban ka mid ah kooxda 18 eeyaha ah iyo hal baraf oo baraf ah iyo guud ahaan xishood la'aan; koox kali ah, oo aan dhammaystirnayn, waxay ahayd guushooda kaliya.
24-kii Diseembar 1914