23rd September 2008. Lecture by Lt Col Henry Worsley at Farleigh School, nr Andover, Hants.

1st October 2008. Lecture by Lt Col Henry Worsley at Wye College, nr Ashford, Kent.

16th October 2008. Expedition send-off party at the offices of Matrix Securities, the expedition's main sponsor.

October 2008-February 2009 The Centenary Expedition. This expedition will retrace the route of the 1908 Nimrod Expedition, when Shackleton got to within 97 miles of the South Pole. This year's Expedition aims to complete unfinished business, and reach the pole.