On this day: December 3
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1831 · Parker: Crewman fell overboard and nearly drowned.
- 1841 · Rowena: Whale sank while bringing it to the ship.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Gale damaged bulwarks and stove a boat.
- 1831 · Parker: Man fell off stage, rescued almost dead.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Chains broke while securing a whale in gales.
- 1844 · Draco: Forced into port by a sick man.
- 1853 · Fortune: A Hawaiian worker replaced George White.
- 1863 · Brewster: Crew punished for misbehavior and noise.
- 1831 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
- 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
- 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a right whale.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Caught a right whale.
- 1848 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Caught 2 whales.
- 1904 · Karluk: Hunter arrived with deer meat.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Tortoises and crawfish seen in the water.
- 1832 · Bengal: Joked that Spanish hogs did not understand English.
- 1853 · Active: Extreme heat reached 120 in the sun.
- 1905 · Karluk: Bitter cold reached twenty below zero.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins).
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw porpoises.
- 1851 · Elizabeth: Struck a porpoise but line parted.
- 1863 · Brewster: Moccumber put back on duty.