On this day: February 1

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Crew member deserted while on liberty.
2. 1832 · Parker: Mate badly hurt hand letting go anchor.
3. 1849 · Abigail: Traded whale blubber for three hogs.
4. 1850 · Abigail: Traded provisions and sold a quadrant.
5. 1851 · Fortune: Crewman dislocated his collarbone in a fall.
6. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Gale damaged the ship and lost whale.
7. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught 15 pilot whales.
8. 1842 · Jefferson: Caught a pilot whale.
9. 1848 · Dunbarton: Caught 2 whales.
10. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Hit by a tremendous squall and hail.
11. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw and caught 15 blackfish (pilot whales).
12. 1906 · Karluk: Thermometer dropped to eight below zero.
13. 1844 · Draco: Boiled killer whales.
14. 1845 · Draco: Chased cow-fish (small whales or dolphins).
15. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Saw some grampuses.

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