Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Joyce ya fito ne daga asalin jirgin ruwa mai tawali'u kuma ya fara aikinsa na jirgin ruwa a matsayin matukin jirgin ruwa a 1891. Kwarewar Antarctic ya fara shekaru 10 bayan haka, lokacin da ya shiga Scott's Discovery Expedition a matsayin Able Seaman. A shekara ta 1907 Shackleton ya sa Joyce ta kula da karnuka da kuma karusar a tafiyar Nimrod
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga baya Joyce ya shiga cikin irin wannan damar don Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition a 1911, amma ya bar aikin kafin ya tashi zuwa Antarctic. A cikin 1914 Shackleton ya ɗauki Joyce don ƙungiyar Ross Sea; duk da jaruntakarsa wannan yawon shakatawa ya nuna ƙarshen haɗin Joyce tare da Antarctic, da kuma aikin bincikensa, kodayake ya yi ƙoƙari sau da yawa don shiga wasu tafiye-tafiye.