On this day: June 15
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1836 · Addison: Finished trading with local islanders.
- 1844 · Solon: Struck and salvaged a floating mast.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Whaleboat smashed and whale cut loose in fog.
- 1852 · Elizabeth: Hatches opened to vent hold gas.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Traded beef and flour for vegetables ashore.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1844 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1851 · Pacific: Bought fish and eels from a local boat.
- 1906 · Karluk: Hunting and fishing trip to Newalo.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper complained of freezing June weather.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper despaired over poor whaling season.
- 1844 · Rowena: Crew caught a porpoise.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Crew caught a dolphin.
- 1849 · Abigail: Celebrated Georgiana turning one year old.
- 1852 · Fortune: Ran into ice.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Saw grampuses and a dolphin.
- 1848 · Abigail: Saw porpoises.
- 1853 · Fortune: Whale ran into the ice.
- 1904 · Karluk: Encountered ice blocking way.
- 1906 · Karluk: Went after fish.
- 1906 · Karluk: Obtained five ducks.