Shackleton received more than 5,000 applications for places on the expedition, including a letter from "three sporty girls" who suggested that if their feminine garb was inconvenient they would "just love to don masculine attire."
Shackleton modtog mere end 5.000 ansøgninger om en plads i ekspeditionen, herunder et brev fra "tre sportslige piger", der nævnte, at hvis deres kvindelige fremtræden var upraktisk, så ville de "bare elske at bære maskulint tøj".