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Terms and Conditions
These terms explain how the Arctic Viking H452 website may be used, how research material should be treated, and what to do if you need to request a correction or raise a copyright concern.
Use of this site
A research-led personal history
By using this website, you agree to use it respectfully and lawfully. The site is a personal-history and documentary research project about Arctic Viking H452, Hull fishing history, the crew, the 1961 sinking, the Ministry of Transport inquiry, the Waddy court case and related material.
The content is provided for general historical, educational, memorial and research purposes. It is not legal, professional, navigational, genealogical or academic advice.
If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the website.
Accuracy
Research, uncertainty and fact checking
The website is built from the Arctic Viking Obsidian research vault, family memory, newspaper material, public records, official reports, court material, wreck records and related sources. The author aims to be careful and transparent, but the site may contain mistakes, incomplete interpretations, transcription errors or details that are later corrected.
Some pages include dramatic licence or minor assumptions to make the story readable. These are based on known facts and source material, but they should not be treated as proven facts where the original record is uncertain.
Anyone using information from the site should check it against original records, archives, newspapers, official reports and other reliable sources before relying on it.
Copyright
Text, images, clippings and source material
Unless otherwise stated, original website text, layout and page structure are provided by the site author and should not be copied in full without permission.
The site also refers to or reproduces historical material such as newspaper clippings, archive items, photographs, reports and wreck-related material. Where possible, copyright and source details are acknowledged. In some cases, especially older or circulated material, ownership may be unknown.
Newspaper material is used for research, commentary, historical context and criticism, with the intention of relying where appropriate on UK fair dealing principles. This is not a claim of ownership over those materials.
If you own copyright in an image, clipping or extract and believe its use is inappropriate, please contact the author. The item will be reviewed and, if necessary, removed or corrected.
Images and AI
Archive evidence and illustrative images
Some images on the website may be real archive photographs, newspaper clippings, document scans, wreck-related records or other historical material. Other images may be AI-generated or visually restored for illustration.
AI-generated images are illustrative and should not be treated as documentary evidence. Where an image is intended as an archive item, real photograph, newspaper clipping or source document, the site aims to make that clear through captions or surrounding context.
Image captions, credits and labels may be updated as the research develops.
Acceptable use
Respectful use of memorial material
You must not use this website in a way that is unlawful, abusive, misleading, defamatory, invasive of privacy, harmful to the families of crew members, or disruptive to the site.
You must not attempt to scrape, copy or republish large parts of the site in a way that misrepresents the research or removes context, credits, uncertainty notes or memorial wording.
The Arctic Viking story includes loss of life, family memory and survivor testimony. Please treat the material, names and images with respect.
Liability
Availability and external links
The website is provided as available. The author does not guarantee that it will always be online, error-free, complete or up to date.
The site may link to external websites, archives, articles, tools or services. Those sites are controlled by their own operators and have their own policies. The author is not responsible for external content or availability.
These terms may be updated as the site develops. Continued use of the site after updates means you accept the revised terms.