On this day: January 15

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Mary and Susan: The boy Joe went missing ashore.
2. 1845 · Edward: Caught 2 whales.
3. 1851 · Fortune: Boats put out to train learners.
4. 1839 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 4 pilot whales.
5. 1846 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whaling success.
6. 1879 · Draco: Caught a right whale.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Saw the sun for the first time that year.
8. 1833 · Parker: Keeper despaired of finding whales.
9. 1835 · Bengal: Feared having to beat through ice.
10. 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented head winds.
11. 1847 · Charles Phelps: Forced back into straits by squalls.
12. 1852 · Pacific: Celebrated the day with plum duff.
13. 1865 · Brewster: Captain refused food to shipwrecked crew.
14. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught one porpoise.
15. 1833 · Parker: Saw porpoises and blackfish (pilot whales).
16. 1835 · Bengal: Beat through the ice.
17. 1849 · Abigail: Saw cowfish (small whales or dolphins).
18. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.

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