On this day: April 23

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on April 23, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1904 · Karluk: Helped pull a grounded vessel ashore off.
2. 1826 · Rosalie: Took two Hawaiians aboard for the voyage.
3. 1842 · Rowena: Anchor chain parted.
4. 1845 · Draco: Received a letter from home.
5. 1870 · Abraham Barker: Caught 5 sperm whales.
6. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
7. 1906 · Karluk: Sleds arrived with meat.
8. 1832 · Bengal: Severe two-year drought on Boa Vista.
9. 1845 · Edward: Struck green water.
10. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Ship left drifting in calms.
11. 1865 · Brewster: Large drift-wood and trees floating past.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Struck just too far off.

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