On this day: February 23

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 23, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Smallpox improved for one sick crewman.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Captain went ashore to find deserters.
3. 1844 · Jefferson: Ship pumped for a persistent leak.
4. 1832 · George Porter: Discolored water observed at daylight.
5. 1832 · Parker: Euphrates reported poor whaling on the coast.
6. 1835 · Parker: Keeper promised news about the pilot.
7. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1862 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1905 · Karluk: Policeman left for the country.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented lack of whales and income.
11. 1834 · Bengal: Saw a turtle during a calm.
12. 1851 · Fortune: Endured fifty-day struggle around Cape Horn.
13. 1864 · Brewster: Crew stopped work due to unbearable heat.
14. 1845 · Edward: Saw porpoises.

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