On this day: December 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on December 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1833 · Bengal: Crewman fell from yardarm and overboard.
2. 1852 · Active: Whale smashed a boat before dying.
3. 1847 · Abigail: Captain signed on five new crewmen.
4. 1830 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
5. 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
6. 1841 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
7. 1844 · Charles Phelps: Caught a right whale.
8. 1852 · Active: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1905 · Karluk: Sled arrived with nothing.
11. 1850 · Fortune: Chase's hand got better.
12. 1851 · Pacific: Finbacks sighted.

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