On this day: January 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1844 · Draco: Caught 2 killer whales.
2. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper penned a romantic verse.
3. 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for mercy.
4. 1835 · Bengal: Ran short of water and fuel.
5. 1848 · Dunbarton: Grampuses sighted.
6. 1865 · Brewster: Saw a large pod of killer whales.
7. 1906 · Karluk: Bitter cold reached 35 below zero.
8. 1847 · Draco: Saw porpoises.

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