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What was the name of the woman Ernest Shackleton was so enamored with that he named a mountain after her, and where did he meet her?

Question #130914. Asked by wyambezi.

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It is suggested that Ernest Shackleton named Mount Hope in Antarctica after Hope Paterson.

Shackleton met Hope on a three week journey when returning to England to marry his fiancee.

link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060545/Sir-Ernest-Shackleton-names-mountain-secret-lover.html

May 10 2013, 12:25 AM
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