On this day: April 20

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 20, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1851 · Fortune: Three crew members deserted on liberty.
2. 1906 · Karluk: Missionary and family left for the fort.
3. 1852 · Fortune: Captain slowly recovering from illness.
4. 1864 · Brewster: Captain and wife came on board.
5. 1828 · Galatea: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1833 · Parker: Keeper prayed for a blessing.
7. 1849 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil and home.
8. 1828 · Rosalie: Tracked water temperatures across the Gulf Stream.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Crew gathered two hundred bird eggs.
10. 1842 · Rowena: Battered by a heavy gale and hail.
11. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Brought fifteen terrapins aboard.
12. 1850 · Draco: Hoped squalls would bring whales.
13. 1852 · Pacific: Observed green water.
14. 1893 · Beluga: Steamed through the ice into clear water.
15. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.

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