Ka kammala wannan magana: A halin yanzu, a Austria, König ya bayyana tsare-tsarensa a gaban wani kwamitin kwamitin Austrian Geographical Society a Janairu 1914. Taron na 1914 ya lura cewa Shackleton yana ba da shawara irin wannan shirin, ma'ana cewa balaguro biyu, tare da maƙasudai iri ɗaya, za su yi aiki a yanki ɗaya na Antarctic a lokaci guda. König ya amsa da cewa Filchner ya canja masa hakkinsa na fifiko a yankin Vahsel Bay, kuma saboda haka Shackleton ya kamata ya tafi wani wuri. Tsohon shugaban Royal Geographical Society, Sir Clements Markham, wanda har yanzu yana da tasiri, ya yarda: "Dole ne mutum ya bar yankin zuwa König inda ya yi aiki a lokutan baya". Wannan matsayi ya kama da abin da Shackleton ya samu tare da Captain Scott, kafin
"Nimrod" Expedition a 1907, lokacin da Scott ya yi ikirarin fifiko a yankin McMurdo Sound na Ross Sea kuma ya bukaci Shackleton ya sami wani tushe. Shackleton sa'an nan kuma ya jinkirta Scott kawai don a tilasta shi ta hanyar yanayi, lokacin da yake a Antarctic, ya karya alkawarinsa kuma ya kafa sansaninsa a cikin McMurdo Sound. Yanzu, Shackleton ya ƙuduri aniya cewa ba zai yi kasa a gwiwa ba, kuma ya sanar da Royal Geographical Society: "Ina da 'yancin yin amfani da Vahsel Bay kamar yadda Dr. König... Kuma bã ni musanyãwa ga abin da na yi niyya daga gabãni".