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From Pole to Putney: Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's south west London house for sale at £6.5 million

When Sir Ernest Shackleton returned home from the Nimrod Expedition in 1909, he got a hero’s welcome — and a knighthood.

But money was tight, so the Antarctic explorer embarked on a punishing schedule of lectures and appearances, writing a memoir of his last adventure, all the while drumming up support and financial backing for his next expedition.

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