On this day: July 5

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

1. 1851 · Pacific: Crew member ended up in prison.
2. 1905 · Karluk: A crew member deserted.
3. 1826 · Rosalie: Lost half the baleen.
4. 1846 · Draco: Ship began to leak.
5. 1851 · Fortune: Harpooned whale escaped under the ice.
6. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
7. 1862 · Hopeton: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1864 · Brewster: Caught 4 whales.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Spoiled bread and foul-smelling beef discovered.
10. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper wished to spend next Fourth in America.
11. 1844 · Solon: Keeper noted "ratther greasy" conditions.
12. 1849 · Abigail: Keeper recorded a deeply gloomy day.
13. 1853 · Fortune: Ship navigated out of the ice.
14. 1906 · Karluk: Waited for ice to clear.
15. 1851 · Fortune: Chased whales and operated among the ice.
16. 1852 · Pacific: Saw plenty of mufcle whales.

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