Halkaasi waxaa ku yaala ilaa 200 oo xabaalood oo soo jiray laga soo billaabo 1820kii iyo wixii ka danbeeyay, waxaana ka mid ah xabaashii sir Ernest Shackleton oo ahaa ninka caanka ahaa ee ka soo safray Antarctica (wuxuu dhintay 1922).
(1908<unk>09) wuxuu aasaasay wadada loo maro Koonfurta Baaxadda oo uu xigay Robert Scott. Mid ka mid ah safaradii ugu cajiibka badnaa ee doomaha yar yar ee taariikhda badda (oo ay u badan tahay inuu la tartamo kaliya Lieutenant William Bligh ee "Bounty"), sanadkii 1916 Shackleton wuxuu ka gudbay Scotia Sea 7 m ama 23 'James Caird' si uu u gaaro Koonfurta Georgia oo uu u abaabulo badbaadinta guusha kooxdiisa socdaalka ee ku xayiran Jasiiradda Elephant ka dib markii ay lumiyeen markabkooda Endurance. Shackleton iyo Frank Worsley iyo Tom Crean waxay ku safrayeen dhul baraf ah oo qallafsan oo u dhexeeya King Haakon Bay iyo Stromness.