Nimrod Expedition
In November 2008, 100 years after the Nimrod Expedition began, one of "The Mate's" great grandsons, Henry Adams, set off from the Shackleton Hut with two other members of the Shackleton Centenary Expedition to complete the whole to the South Pole on foot, hauling their own supplies, unassisted. In January 2009, another of "The Mate's" great grandsons, David Cornell, joined the Expedition at the Farthest South to complete the last of unfinished family business.