On this day: January 1
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper offered a New Year prayer.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper offered a New Year prayer.
- 1853 · Lark: Keeper reflected on the new year.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper offered a New Year hope.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper reflected on the new year.
- 1834 · Bengal: Hoped to be home by next New Year's.
- 1843 · Rowena: Killed a pig for New Year's dinner.
- 1853 · Elizabeth: Caught 3 whales.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Shot some fowl.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Found an elephant seal rookery.
- 1849 · Draco: Caught 2 whales.
- 1879 · Draco: Caught a right whale.
- 1835 · Parker: Keeper lamented the weather ruining paint.
- 1835 · Bengal: Keeper complained about slow progress.
- 1841 · Volant: Mr. Teller's condition remained unchanged.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented missed whales.
- 1853 · Fortune: Hoped to head home next year.
- 1833 · Bengal: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).
- 1845 · Draco: Caught a porpoise.