 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pasinei nezvinetso zvose izvi, Aurora yakabva kuSydney musi wa15 December 1914, yakananga kuHobart, kwayakasvika musi wa20 December kuti itore zvinhu zvokupedzisira uye mafuta. Musi waDecember 24, mavhiki matatu gare gare kupfuura zuva rokutanga rokutanga, Aurora pakupedzisira akaenda kuAntarctic, achisvika kure neRoss Island musi waJanuary 16, 1915. Mackintosh akasarudza kugadzira hwaro hwepamhenderekedzo paCape Evans, mahofisi makuru aKaputeni Robert Falcon Scott panguva ye1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition, uye kutsvaka nzvimbo yakachengeteka yokumhara yechando iri pedyo nokuda kweAurora. Joyce akadana chisarudzo ichi chaMackintosh chokupedza nguva yechando mungarava - icho chaizova nemigumisiro yakakomba gare gare - sekuora kwoupenzi hukurusa kwaigona kuitika. Yakanga iri yokutanga yezvisarudzo zvakawanda zvaMackintosh izvo Joyce akanga asingabvumirani nazvo. 