Sii qor faqradan - Beardmore wuxuu aad ula dhacay Shackleton si uu u bixiyo taageero dhaqaale, laakiin deeqo kale ayaa ku adkaatay in la helo. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, bishii Febraayo 1907, Shackleton wuxuu soo bandhigay qorshihiisa socdaal Antarctic ah oo uu u qorsheeyay ururka Royal Geographical Society, kaas oo faahfaahintiisa, magaca British Antarctic Expedition
, waxaa lagu daabacay wargeyska Royal Geographical Society, "Journal Geographical". Ujeedadu waxay ahayd qabsashada labada koonfureed ee juqraafi ahaan iyo koonfurta magnetic. Shackleton waxa uu dadaal badan ku bixiyay in uu ku qanciyo saaxiibadiisa iyo dad kale oo maalqabeen ah in ay gacan ka geystaan, waxaana ka mid ahaa Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, oo ku deeqay £2,000 (qiyaastii) si uu boos uga helo safarka; qoraaga Campbell Mackellar; iyo baroonka Guinness Lord Iveagh, oo gacan ka geystay wax ka yar laba toddobaad ka hor intaan markabka safarka "Nimrod" la safrin.