<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Imisebenzi kaMeares yayihlanganisa ukukhetha nokuthenga izinja ezingu-34 namahhashi angu-20 okwakuzohanjiswa kuwo bese ezithutha zisuka eSiberia ziye eNew Zealand zidlula eJapane lapho zazizojoyina khona iqembu. UMeares wayengazi lutho ngamaponi, kodwa nokho walandela iziyalezo zikaScott waya eNikolayevsk, eSiberia eyokhetha izinja. Lapho wahlangana noDimitri Gerov, umshayeli wezinja onolwazi, owamsiza ukuba akhethe izinja ezazidingeka emisebenzini yokushayela izihlibhi futhi kamuva owaqashwa njengomshayeli wezinja ohambweni. UMeares waphinde waqasha umshayeli wamabhayisikili waseRussia u-Anton Omelchenko njengomkhwenyana ohambweni. Babe sebeya eVladivostok lapho kwathengwa khona amahhashi aseSiberia. UScott wayefuna ngokukhethekile amahhashi amhlophe ohambweni ngoba phakathi nohambo lukaNimrode lwango-1907  <response>: U-Ernest Shackleton waphawula ukuthi amahhashi amhlophe ayephila isikhathi eside kunalawo amnyama. U-Oates, uKaputeni weButho laseBrithani ohambweni olwaluhloselwe ukunakekela ama-pony, wadumala ngokukhethwa kukaMeares njengoba babenamaphutha anjengokuthi: izifuba ezincane, amadolo akhotheme,... asebekhulile futhi babeyiqembu elikhulu kakhulu lama-crocks engake ngawabona. Lapho nje i-Terra Nova Expedition iqala, uMeares noGerov banakekela izinja. Ngemva kokuhamba njengengxenye yeqembu lokusekela ohambweni oluya eNingizimu Pole ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 1911, uMeares noGerov waseRussia babuyela enyakatho nezinja ezihamba ngezikebhe ngoDisemba 14 ezinyaweni zeqhwa iBeardmore. 