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Established in 2016, the Gansey Project has set out to provide bespoke Ganseys for crews sailing to Antarctica in 2019

Blyth, England
Joined June 2018
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We recruited around 120 knitters from all over the world - knitters represent every continent (except Antarctica). we currently have over 90 completed Ganseys returned.
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The Blyth Tall Ship Williams Gansey project was set up in 2016 to design and find volunteers to knit bespoke Ganseys for an Antarctic Expediiton in 2019. The expedition is to recreate the discovery of Antarctica in 1819 by a Blyth man, William Smith.