On this day: February 18
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 18, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1852 · Fortune: Michel sick with smallpox.
- 1853 · Active: Trask put in irons after threatening cook.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Crewman ran away ashore.
- 1835 · Parker: Squall carried away a boom.
- 1842 · Rowena: Two crew members absconded on liberty.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Traded with local inhabitants.
- 1852 · Fortune: Two stowaways discovered aboard.
- 1869 · Abraham Barker: Whale smashed three whaleboats in rough seas.
- 1827 · Rosalie: Caught 3 whales.
- 1834 · Parker: Avoided landing at Caroline Island.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1883 · Pedro Varela: Crew caught two dolphins.
- 1832 · Parker: Saw sunfish and turtles.
- 1833 · Bengal: Saw nothing on the ocean.
- 1845 · Draco: Lamented a long, fruitless voyage.
- 1845 · Edward: Keeper lamented hard times in gale.
- 1851 · Fortune: Dumas remained sick.
- 1852 · Elizabeth: Crew harpooned a sunfish.
- 1853 · Active: Cook released and returned to duty.
- 1879 · Draco: Saw small fish.