On this day: April 10
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 10, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1881 · Pedro Varela: Flying jib boom carried away.
- 1843 · Rowena: Spar booms carried away.
- 1847 · Charles Phelps: Crew threw the try-works overboard.
- 1853 · Lark: Received potatoes, newspapers, and apples.
- 1862 · Mary: Caught 6 sperm whales.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Sent letters home on an oncoming ship.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 2 whales.
- 1847 · Draco: Keeper remembered a child's birthday.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1862 · Mary: Caught a whale.
- 1865 · Brewster: Caught 2 whales.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper could not find leaking oil.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper felt they were wasting time.
- 1848 · Draco: Keeper complained about the dirty deck.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: A troublesome old sea.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Gales and thick snow forced reduced sail.
- 1862 · Mary: Several crew members were sick.
- 1906 · Karluk: Freezing cold at 14 below zero.
- 1823 · Packet: Saw porpoises.