On this day: December 27
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 27, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Crew took New Year's Day liberty.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Searched ashore for elephant seals.
- 1847 · Mary and Susan: Steerage boy fell sick.
- 1851 · Elizabeth: John Miller suffered a fit.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: New sail torn after being improperly untied.
- 1835 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1836 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1843 · Jefferson: Caught 3 pilot whales.
- 1851 · Fortune: Obtained wood and hogs on Pleasant Island.
- 1852 · Active: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1831 · Parker: Sea full of ash-like insects.
- 1831 · Parker: Observed green water for the first time.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper mocked their dismal anchorage.
- 1843 · Rowena: Saw a great flock of birds.
- 1904 · Karluk: Temperature plunged to 38 below zero.
- 1827 · Galatea: Saw finbacks.
- 1832 · Parker: Saw numbers of birds.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.
- 1878 · Draco: Chased blackfish (pilot whales) or killer whales.