Despite the overall failure of the expedition—including the beset ship Endurance, caught up in the Weddell Sea until destroyed by ice in 1915—Wordie maintained the morale of the expedition, made scientific observations regarding oceanography and the ice pack, and acquired important geological specimens.
Although the expedition as a whole failed, with the ship Endurance becoming trapped in the Weddell Sea and ultimately sinking in 1915, Wordie remained optimistic and continued to make scientific observations about the ocean and the ice pack, gathering valuable geological samples.