On this day: February 10

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 10, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1847 · Dunbarton: Whale's case sank after ropes parted.
2. 1847 · Charles Phelps: Caught in a hurricane.
3. 1832 · George Porter: The ship's tiller broke.
4. 1835 · Addison: Gale smashed a whaleboat and bulwarks.
5. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Boarded a shipwrecked vessel.
6. 1852 · Fortune: Log keeper bedridden with fever.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Mail arrived.
8. 1827 · Rosalie: Supplied another ship with bread.
9. 1844 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented being homesick.
11. 1849 · Abigail: Crews gathered for a real gam all around.
12. 1854 · Elizabeth: Caught a whale.
13. 1876 · Golden City: Caught a pilot whale.
14. 1845 · Edward: Keeper remarked on the daily routine.
15. 1848 · Dunbarton: Crew spotted a turtle.
16. 1853 · Elizabeth: Southwest gale lasted until Friday.
17. 1854 · Fortune: Crew caught a porpoise.
18. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.

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