We’ve been keeping warm through the cold spell recently by wearing wool – with this Beerenberg pullover made for London Chandlers Arthur Beale – on top. The jersey is named after the world’s most northern volcano – on Jan Mayen island in the arctic and is inspired by AB’s MD Alasdair Flint’s own passages to Jan Mayen.

The roll neck is designed like the submarine sweaters of the Royal Navy – though with a more generous neck as our photo shows. It’s made with oiled wool, still with the natural lanolin oils from the fleece – especially spun for AB, and which keeps you extra warm and protects against mist and light spray.

Each jumper has its own serial number and AB decal sewn on the left upper arm. The “cuffs” feature thumb holes so that you can pull them down over your hands on cold watches – or when you are shrugging into your coat. The lanolin gives the jersey a zesty citrus smell – but you can wear wool like this for weeks and find that it does not retain body odour the way synthetic fibres and cottons do. Also this is a bio-degradeable product with no micro-fibres to harm the planet.

These jerseys cost £105 and can be bought direct from Arthur Beale’s Shaftesbury Avenue shop: Click Here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Beale tells CS: “We have a totally unique history. We have stood in the same central London spot for at least four hundred years. In those days we were surrounded with fields of flax from which we made ropes and twines. Our Alpine Club Rope became world famous and was used on the early Everest attempts by Eric Shipton H.W.Bill Tilman and Tenzing Norgay.  We also supplied Polar Explorers such as Sir Ernest Shackleton and Gino Watkins.

“Today we still supply Arctic Explorers with sailing equipment and clothing. Wool’s unique insulating properties make it the preferred choice of many Polar expeditions.”