Shackleton, South, October 25, 1915
"I scarcely dared hope now that the Endurance would live, and throughout that anxious day I reviewed again the plans made long before for the sledging journey that we must make in the event of our having to take to the ice. We were ready, as far as forethought could make us, for every contingency. Stores, dogs, sledges, and equipment were ready to be moved from the ship at a moment’s notice."
Shackleton used his journal to make extensive and detailed plans for the crew's well-being in the case of disaster and had the crew perform drills.