It doesn’t get much more romantic than this:

He was a fearless polar explorer, undaunted by anything nature could throw at him.

But beneath his rugged exterior, it seems Sir Ernest Shackleton was a sensitive soul haunted by the memory of a secret sweetheart.

Details of a hitherto hidden romance have surfaced with the discovery of a  collection of lovers’ keepsakes in a  family attic…

Hidden: Shackleton kept his romance with Hope Paterson secret.