On this day: December 18
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 18, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1837 · Addison: Hurricane forced the ship to run.
- 1832 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
- 1843 · Rowena: Crew caught an ocean sunfish.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for a better year.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Caught a whale.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Ship found itself landlocked by surrounding shores.
- 1834 · Bengal: Severe storm poured rain in cataracts.
- 1835 · Addison: Heavy squalls cooled the boiling furnaces.
- 1844 · Draco: Reflected on one year away from home.
- 1846 · Draco: Marked three years at sea.
- 1851 · Fortune: Canon remained unwell.
- 1904 · Karluk: Bitter cold and drifting snow.