On this day: December 28

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Officer left ship after dispute.
2. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Crewman struck his harpooner.
3. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 sperm whales.
4. 1851 · Pacific: Caught 2 pilot whales.
5. 1822 · Packet: Observed green water.
6. 1847 · Dunbarton: Crew chased an ocean sunfish.
7. 1849 · Draco: Lamented four months without whales.
8. 1850 · Fortune: Chad's hand reported about well.
9. 1863 · Brewster: Caught a porpoise.
10. 1845 · Draco: Saw squid.
11. 1852 · Fortune: Saw several pieces of squid.

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