On this day: December 1

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1835 · Addison: Traded with the islanders on shore.
2. 1822 · Packet: King landed for fruit but found none.
3. 1843 · Jefferson: Heavy sea smashed the bulwarks.
4. 1847 · Mary and Susan: Crewman cut in the blubber room.
5. 1864 · Brewster: Heavy squalls with vivid lightning.
6. 1831 · George Porter: Caught 2 whales.
7. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
8. 1834 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
10. 1844 · Indian Chief: Caught 2 pilot whales.
11. 1848 · Nimrod: Keeper marked a twenty-fifth birthday.
12. 1905 · Karluk: Sleds departed over the ice.
13. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper grumbled about sick crew.
14. 1843 · Jefferson: A sea boarded the starboard bow.
15. 1848 · Nimrod: Mr. Skiff caught a porpoise.
16. 1849 · Abigail: Third Mate joined the ship.
17. 1849 · Abigail: Mrs Young was quite unwell.
18. 1905 · Karluk: Petion left for Baly with sleds.

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