On this day: February 9

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on February 9, 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: Mainsail lost in heavy gales.
2. 1847 · Charles Phelps: Captain fell ill, coughing up blood.
3. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Spotted a shipwrecked vessel in distress.
4. 1825 · Victory: Caught a whale.
5. 1843 · Jefferson: Caught 2 whales.
6. 1847 · Dunbarton: Caught a whale.
7. 1854 · Elizabeth: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1865 · Brewster: Keeper noted a birthday for Sally Jane.
9. 1865 · Mary: Caught 4 sperm whales.
10. 1905 · Karluk: Men left to hunt inland.
11. 1835 · Bengal: Whirlwind narrowly missed the ship.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Four men joined the ship.
13. 1848 · Dunbarton: Saw porpoises.

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