On this day: December 15

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Fortune: A Hawaiian recruit jumped overboard to swim ashore.
2. 1875 · Golden City: Ship's leak worsened.
3. 1831 · Parker: Chased a ship to send sick officer home.
4. 1840 · Volant: Headed for shore to land sick mate.
5. 1842 · Rowena: Caught 2 whales.
6. 1842 · Jefferson: Caught a right whale.
7. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
8. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper despaired of ever reaching home.
9. 1853 · Fortune: New crew members came aboard.
10. 1905 · Karluk: Subzero gale with drifting snow.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Six crew members off duty sick.

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