On this day: June 21
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 21, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1832 · Parker: Whale stove a boat and gear lost.
- 1879 · Draco: Sharks destroyed a dead whale.
- 1835 · Addison: Whale smashed a whaleboat.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Killed whale sank immediately.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Keeper reprimanded after altercation with crewman.
- 1851 · Fortune: Windlass broke after seventeen hours.
- 1851 · Pacific: Caught 4 pilot whales.
- 1832 · Parker: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1844 · Solon: Caught a whale.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught 2 whales.
- 1851 · Fortune: Caught a bowhead whale.
- 1832 · Bengal: Encountered "mountains of water" washing the ship.
- 1832 · Bengal: Lamented the dark winter days far south.
- 1834 · Bengal: Crew considered themselves fortunate despite missing whales.
- 1851 · Fortune: Chased and towed whale through ice.
- 1853 · Fortune: Scouted for whales among the ice.
- 1854 · Active: Ice sighted in the night.