On this day: June 17
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 17, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1863 · Mary: Crewman deserted in Labuan.
- 1905 · Karluk: Crew petitioned to keep man in irons.
- 1848 · Abigail: Captain punished brawlers and a defiant crewman.
- 1832 · Parker: Five crew members fell sick.
- 1833 · Bengal: Flying jib boom carried away.
- 1848 · Draco: Harpooner refused to dart his iron.
- 1853 · Fortune: Traded coffee with the Minerva.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught 2 whales.
- 1832 · Parker: Keeper reflected on hope.
- 1848 · Abigail: Two punished for fighting; Cox refused duty.
- 1848 · Abigail: Cox sent to masthead as punishment.
- 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises and grampuses.
- 1904 · Karluk: Waited for ice to clear.