Qor faahfaahin dheeraad ah faqradan - Kadib markii Roald Amundsen uu gaadhay Koonfurta Qaarada Bishii December sanadkii 1911-kii, Shackleton, oo isku dayay inuu gaaro guushaas, ayaa lagu qasbay inuu dib u eego himiladiisa qaarada. Wuxuu aaminsanaa in ay jirto "hal ujeedo oo weyn oo ah safarada Antarctic-ka <unk> ka gudubka qaarada koonfurta qaarada badaha kale". Shackleton wuxuu qorshihiisa ku salaysnaa qorshihii uu horey u sameeyay sahamiyaha reer Scotland ee William Spiers Bruce, Shackleton wuxuu qorsheeyay in uu kooxdiisa ugu weyn ku soo dego meel koonfureed sida ugu fog ee suurtogalka ah, xeebta Badda Weddell. Kooxdiisii transcontinental-ka waxay u sii gudbiyeen koonfurta si ay u gaaraan geeska koonfureed, ka hor inta aysan ka sii gudbin dusha sare ee barafka, waxayna hoos ugu dhaadhaceen barafka Beardmore Glacier (oo uu Shackleton helay 1909)
) ilaa xadka weyn ee barafka. Qeybta ugu dambeysa waxay ka gudbi doontaa Barrier-ka ilaa McMurdo Sound ee xeebta Ross Sea.