On this day: August 3

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1826 · Rosalie: Gale destroyed a whaleboat and washed gear overboard.
2. 1832 · Parker: Seven men drowned in rescue attempt.
3. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Two boats stove during the hunt.
4. 1832 · Parker: Keeper called drowning an enviable death.
5. 1833 · Bengal: Discontent and dark looks aboard.
6. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Went ashore but found provisions too expensive.
7. 1844 · Solon: Caught a whale.
8. 1852 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
9. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
10. 1905 · Karluk: Sailed to the ice.
11. 1852 · Fortune: Cooch and Hope Island off duty.
12. 1853 · Fortune: Third Mate off duty sick.
13. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Saw several shoals of grampus.

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