On this day: January 24

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 24, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1837 · Addison: Traded with islanders for pigs and parrots.
2. 1847 · Dunbarton: Received letters from another vessel.
3. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a humpback whale.
4. 1842 · Jefferson: Caught a pilot whale.
5. 1846 · Draco: Caught 2 whales.
6. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Milton prepared to sail for home.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper noted no misfortune aboard.
9. 1835 · Parker: Keeper reflected on troubles and life's uncertainties.
10. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Shipped five men.
11. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Endured frequent squalls of snow and hail.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Crew noted as "pretty sober".
13. 1853 · Lark: Keeper noted their leaky ship.
14. 1834 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
15. 1844 · Rowena: Employed in clearing away blackfish (pilot whales).
16. 1906 · Karluk: Filled ice rack.

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