On this day: January 5

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on January 5, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1864 · Solon: Armed seaman confined to the hold.
2. 1835 · Bengal: Provisions found spoiled and full of cockroaches.
3. 1837 · Addison: Sick crewman discharged at Proby's Island.
4. 1864 · Solon: Seaman put in irons for disorderly conduct.
5. 1842 · Rowena: Keeper doubted reaching 2,000 barrels.
6. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Praised Port Stanley as a harbor.
7. 1866 · Admiral Blake: Feared losing the flying jib boom.
8. 1834 · Parker: Keeper grew tired of seeing no whales.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Chapman returned to the ship.
10. 1837 · Addison: Discharged William Long sick.
11. 1845 · Edward: Crew chased a turtle without success.
12. 1849 · Abigail: Island missing from its charted position.
13. 1852 · Pacific: Crew caught an ocean sunfish.
14. 1852 · Pacific: "Fighting man" returned to duty.
15. 1847 · Dunbarton: Supposed spouts to be grampuses.
16. 1853 · Elizabeth: Saw birds.

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