On this day: July 31

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on July 31, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1844 · Indian Chief: Runaway crew members recovered.
2. 1854 · Active: Officer lost the end of his finger.
3. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Ship grounded on its beam ends.
4. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Caught 7 whales.
5. 1862 · Hopeton: Boarded an English schooner for newspapers.
6. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Spotted a damaged ship nearby.
7. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 4 whales.
8. 1833 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
10. 1836 · Addison: Caught 4 sperm whales.
11. 1845 · Draco: Caught 2 whales.
12. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
13. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Other ship refused to visit.
14. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Mate stayed out two days distraught.
15. 1906 · Karluk: Ship moored to the ice floe.
16. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Worked through the ice.
17. 1863 · Mary: Saw porpoises.

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