On this day: June 18

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 18, 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: Islanders arrived in canoes to trade coconuts.
2. 1862 · Mary: Harpooner demoted and steward promoted.
3. 1917 · Pedro Varela: Whaleboat smashed during chase.
4. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Ship ran hard aground.
5. 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil and home.
6. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
7. 1852 · Fortune: Surrounded by heavy ice fields.
8. 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught a whale.
9. 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented changing winds or courses.
10. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Chased a whale already carrying a harpoon.
11. 1844 · Solon: Saw several shoals of porpoises.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Passed through field of ice.
13. 1852 · Fortune: Encountered thick heavy ice.
14. 1852 · Pacific: Saw birds.
15. 1904 · Karluk: Turned back due to ice.

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