On this day: February 8

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Pacific: Six crewmen deserted and were jailed.
2. 1852 · Fortune: Crew member fell sick with pox.
3. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught 2 whales.
4. 1837 · Addison: Prevented from landing by heavy swell.
5. 1844 · Draco: Caught a pilot whale.
6. 1833 · Parker: Keeper lamented lack of whales.
7. 1834 · Bengal: Saw everything except sperm whales.
8. 1835 · Bengal: Noted four months sailing from Tahiti.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins).
10. 1905 · Karluk: Got one load of ice.
11. 1906 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.

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