On this day: February 21

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 21, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1845 · Indian Chief: Four crew members deserted.
2. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Boat smashed by a loose whale.
3. 1831 · George Porter: Supplied a vessel out of provisions.
4. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Transferred a shipwrecked marine to an English ship.
5. 1853 · Active: Reunited with an old shipmate.
6. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught 2 whales.
7. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Agreed to split a found whale.
9. 1854 · Active: Observed phosphorescent patches in the water.
10. 1870 · Abraham Barker: Crew slaughtered their cow.

February 20 · February 22

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