Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ernest Shackleton ta kudancin jam'iyyar (Shackleton, Adams, Marshal, Wild) na 1908 Nimrod bincike
su ne mutane na farko da suka tsallaka kankara a lokacin da aka kasa kaiwa ga Kudancin Kudancin. Dukansu Roald Amundsen da Scott sun haye shelf don isa Pole a 1911. Amundsen ya rubuta: "A gefen gefensa na waje, Ganuwar ta nuna shimfidar wuri mai faɗi; amma a nan, a cikin kogin, yanayin ya bambanta. Ko da daga bene na "Fram" mun sami damar lura da manyan rikice-rikice na farfajiyar a kowane shugabanci; manyan ridges tare da hollows tsakanin su mika a kan dukkan bangarorin. Mafi girman tsawo ya kasance a kudu a cikin nau'i mai tsayi, mai tsayi, wanda muka ɗauka cewa yana da tsayi a sararin sama. Amma za a iya ɗauka cewa wannan tudun ya ci gaba da taɓarɓarewa".