On this day: January 12

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 12, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Parker: Left boat stove by a whale.
2. 1864 · Solon: Prisoner refused irons and cursed officer.
3. 1842 · Jefferson: Gale tore whale loose from ship.
4. 1852 · Elizabeth: Whale line dragged whaleman under.
5. 1905 · Karluk: Wodie returned with a bear skin.
6. 1834 · Bengal: Men camped ashore amid wild creatures.
7. 1834 · Parker: Caught 3 sperm whales.
8. 1842 · Jefferson: Caught a whale.
9. 1844 · Jefferson: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1845 · Draco: Met a schooner carrying transports.
11. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Caught a pilot whale.
12. 1865 · Brewster: Sighted a Malay proa.
13. 1848 · Dunbarton: Wind boxed the compass three times.
14. 1852 · Pacific: Steered for "the Garden of the world".
15. 1870 · Abraham Barker: Celebrated turning homeward bound.
16. 1827 · Rosalie: Saw porpoises.

January 11 · January 13

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