On this day: June 24
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 24, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Second mate played music.
- 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Parker: Keeper pondered mortality and life's futility.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew killed sharks to a great extent.
- 1843 · Rowena: First sighting of gulfweed.
- 1844 · Solon: Noted lively signs of whales.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper complained about the whaling weather.
- 1854 · Active: Ship encompassed by ice.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Saw porpoises.