Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1908, an tashi daga jirgin a kan
Binciken Antarctic na Burtaniya daga Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. Shackleton ya yi tunanin yin amfani da tsohuwar tashar "Discovery" da ke McMurdo Sound don ya yi ƙoƙarin zuwa Kudancin Kudancin da kuma Kudancin Magnetic Pole. Kafin ya bar Ingila, an matsa masa ya ba Scott tabbacin cewa ba zai kafa kansa a yankin McMurdo ba, wanda Scott yake ikirarin shi ne filin aikinsa. Shackleton ya yarda ya nemi wuraren zama na hunturu a ko dai Barrier Inlet - wanda "Bincike" ya ziyarci dan lokaci a 1902 - ko Sarki Edward VII Land.