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ARCTIC EXPLORATION
Integrity’s crew conquer Jan Meyen
Having overwintered in the ice-free harbour of Husavik on the north coast of Greenland, the Stirling and Sons gaff cutter Integrity found herself bound for the isolated island of Jan Meyen in May, with a crew of ‘gentlemen explorers’ determined to summit the active volcano.
Integrity is a 43ft (13.1m) larch-on-oak gaff cutter launched in 2012 but built along the lines of traditional 1880s gentleman’s yacht (CB292). She looks every inch the perfect vessel for a Victorian gentleman adventurer – or his modern counterpart.
That would be Will Stirling, ’s owner and skipper, who led the voyage and
