Two days later, with only seven and a half miles' (12 km) progress achieved in seven back-breaking days, Shackleton called a halt, observing: "It would take us over three hundred days to reach the land".
To dage senere, efter blot 12 km tilbagelagt på syv dage, afblæste Shackleton yderligere march, da han konstaterede, at "det vil tage os mere end tre hundrede dage at nå land".