On this day: December 10

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 10, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Mistook a shark for a sperm whale.
2. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Crewman missing from boat.
3. 1851 · Fortune: Caught 2 whales.
4. 1853 · Fortune: Traded cloth and soap ashore for pumpkins.
5. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Heavy sea damaged a whaleboat and davit.
6. 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
7. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Caught a whale.
8. 1848 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1905 · Karluk: Sleds arrived with meat for the Jeanette.
10. 1834 · Parker: Sea water shifted to dark green and gray.
11. 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented heading south.
12. 1847 · Draco: Keeper gave thanks for safety in storms.
13. 1848 · Draco: Keeper thanked God for a whale.
14. 1848 · Nimrod: Keeper spent Sunday reading sermons.
15. 1850 · Fortune: Chase's finger improved.
16. 1853 · Fortune: Manuel Jacnus and John Adams were discharged.

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