On this day: June 13

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 13, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Went ashore to send letters and get newspapers.
2. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Whaleboat damaged by a heavy sea.
3. 1906 · Karluk: Meat rations cut.
4. 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
5. 1854 · Active: Caught a whale.
6. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1832 · Bengal: Saw kelp and penguins in fog.
8. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented the rough whaling weather.
9. 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented lack of whales and money.
10. 1844 · Solon: Water thick with flying squid.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Whales spotted in heavy ice.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to the ice.

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