On this day: December 31
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 31, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1864 · Brewster: Second mate suffered severe colic.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Log keeper marked his 22nd birthday.
- 1841 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
- 1843 · Draco: Keeper urged patience and offered a prayer.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed to be home next year.
- 1846 · Draco: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1847 · Draco: Keeper prayed for health and oil.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper doubted they would find more whales.
- 1905 · Karluk: Temperatures dropped to 38 below zero.