 "Deutschland" finally escaped from the ice in late October 1912, and reached South Georgia on 19 December.Here, the expedition dissolved; back in Germany, Filchner was largely exonerated from blame for the debacle, but had lost his taste for polar exploration, and decided to return to his original field of work, in Central and East Asia.Back in Austria, and undiscouraged by Filchner's failures, König was ready to return to the Antarctic to continue the work.