In April, believing that he had got the backing of Scottish businessman Donald Steuart, Shackleton travelled to Norway intending to buy a 700-ton polar vessel, Bjorn, that would have served ideally as an expedition ship.
I troen på, at han havde støtte fra den skotske forretningsmand Donald Steuart rejste Shackleton i april til Norge for at købe "Bjørn", et 700-tons polarskib, som ville have fungeret ideelt som et ekspeditionsskib.