On this day: August 5

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on August 5, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1851 · Pacific: Left John ashore and shipped steward.
2. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Boarded a French cod brig to send letters.
3. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Captain left ship to meet his wife.
4. 1842 · Rowena: Sent a boat ashore to trade.
5. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Lost whale's case and junk.
6. 1824 · Victory: Caught a whale.
7. 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
8. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Landed on the beach to boil blubber.
9. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
10. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Wives and captains gathered for a gam.
11. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented suffering from toothache.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck fast in the ice.
13. 1822 · Packet: Saw a great many porpoises.
14. 1852 · Pacific: Saw ripsack (gray) whales.
15. 1905 · Karluk: Ran down along the ice.

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