On this day: February 5

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 5, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Captain sailed to prevent desertions.
2. 1833 · Bengal: Whale stove a boat.
3. 1833 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
4. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
5. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
6. 1852 · Pacific: Canoe came alongside near Otaheita.
7. 1853 · Active: Met a troopship bound for Hong Kong.
8. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught 5 pilot whales.
9. 1851 · Fortune: Hill was sick below.
10. 1865 · Brewster: Caught three cowfish (small whales or dolphins) for oil.
11. 1905 · Karluk: Temperature plunged to 30 below zero.
12. 1906 · Karluk: Finest day of the season.

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