On this day: December 13

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 13, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Fortune: Hired islanders to work aboard.
2. 1831 · George Porter: Caught a sperm whale.
3. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a right whale.
4. 1825 · Rosalie: Thick fog with snow, hail, and rain.
5. 1850 · Fortune: Morgan suffered a sore foot.
6. 1853 · Fortune: Shipped two men.
7. 1847 · Mary and Susan: Saw spouts of grampus or jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).
8. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Williams off duty sick.
9. 1905 · Karluk: Two sleds brought in nine deer.

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