On this day: December 25
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 25, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1851 · Fortune: Traded ashore on Christmas Day.
- 1852 · Active: Waist boat capsized while whaling.
- 1844 · Draco: Sighted a small comet.
- 1848 · Draco: Offered a Christmas prayer.
- 1904 · Karluk: Celebrated Christmas with a big dinner.
- 1833 · Parker: Found a broken cask leaked out.
- 1842 · Rowena: Boat smashed by a whale.
- 1844 · Edward: Killed a hog for Christmas.
- 1848 · Abigail: Keeper opened a year-old Christmas cake.
- 1825 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
- 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1832 · George Porter: Keeper penned a cryptic personal note.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 5 pilot whales.
- 1852 · Lark: Kept crew busy to ward off the devil.
- 1852 · Active: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1875 · Golden City: Caught a whale.
- 1831 · Parker: Hoped for another whale.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper noted a busy day racing a brig.
- 1831 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
- 1852 · Fortune: Burbank returned to duty after illness.