Ka kammala wannan magana: A gida a Bedfordshire, Aeneas ya halarci Makarantar Bedford Modern. Sai ya bi tafarkin da Ernest Shackleton ya bi shekaru biyar da suka shige, ya bar makaranta sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 16 don ya shiga jirgin ruwa. Bayan bauta a wuya ciniki jami'in ta apprenticeship, ya shiga P da kuma O Line, kuma ya kasance tare da wannan kamfanin har sai da aka dauka da Shackleton ta
"Nimrod" yawon shakatawa, wanda ya tashi zuwa Antarctica a 1907.