On this day: January 16

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1845 · Draco: Sea hen (skua) chased and drowned a penguin.
2. 1845 · Draco: Observed very bright comet.
3. 1827 · Rosalie: The Washington reported losing their mate.
4. 1833 · Parker: Keeper lamented an inability to escape rain.
5. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Crew killed two large anacondas ashore.
6. 1852 · Fortune: Fore topsail yard cracked.
7. 1853 · Elizabeth: Crewman tore down the keeper's curtains.
8. 1865 · Brewster: Left Malays to starve on Turtle Island.
9. 1849 · Abigail: Made knives to trade for hogs.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Saw diverse marine life.
11. 1835 · Bengal: Keeper complained about spoiled food.
12. 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented dull times.
13. 1848 · Dunbarton: Dolphins seen around the ship.
14. 1905 · Karluk: A blizzard struck.
15. 1906 · Karluk: Subzero gales and heavy snowdrifts.
16. 1847 · Charles Phelps: Saw a great many whale birds (prions).
17. 1852 · Elizabeth: Saw birds.

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