On this day: June 26

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 26, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1842 · Rowena: Boats went ashore for provisions.
2. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught 2 whales.
3. 1836 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
4. 1844 · Solon: Caught a whale.
5. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
6. 1865 · Brewster: Supplied provisions to the Osceola.
7. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Crew enjoyed music after practice.
8. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught 4 sperm whales.
9. 1832 · Bengal: Freezing snowstorm glazed the rigging with ice.
10. 1834 · Bengal: Passed on whales due to work.
11. 1845 · Draco: Gale brought bad whaling weather.
12. 1849 · Abigail: Too rough to enter lower hold.
13. 1852 · Pacific: Sighted snow-covered St. Lawrence Island.
14. 1854 · Active: Blocked from shore by packed ice.
15. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented dull times.
16. 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw other kinds of fish.

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