On this day: June 29
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 29, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1906 · Karluk: Crew formally protested bad food and broken contracts.
- 1832 · Bengal: Felt severe shock of an earthquake.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Captain beat two crewmen for fighting.
- 1869 · Abraham Barker: Flying jib-stay carried away.
- 1905 · Karluk: Ship turned broadside on the beach.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 3 whales.
- 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
- 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Mate from the Mobile sought whaling gear.
- 1849 · Draco: Caught a whale.
- 1851 · Fortune: Sick crew members showed no improvement.
- 1865 · Brewster: Captain Gifford came aboard.
- 1865 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Spotted a turtle at sea.
- 1834 · Bengal: Captured a whale already carrying harpoons.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Keeper lamented dull times.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Fleet of thirty ships sighted working.
- 1854 · Active: Surrounded by ice in thick fog.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Crew salvaged floating barrel of lard.
- 1906 · Karluk: Crew filed protest against whaling and wooding.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Mr Myers off duty sick.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Caught seven dolphin.