On this day: June 5

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 5, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Stove broken and men suffered boils.
2. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and took gear.
3. 1893 · Beluga: Severe leak found around propeller shaft.
4. 1845 · Draco: Discovered a small leak.
5. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Keeper poured his heart out to his wife.
6. 1833 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught a whale.
9. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented missed whales and poor whalemen.
10. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Crew collected giant tortoises.
11. 1846 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil.
12. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Crew killed two seals.
13. 1851 · Fortune: Boats navigated through the ice.
14. 1852 · Pacific: Rigging coated in ice.
15. 1854 · Active: Forty-three ships in sight.
16. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Close to the ice.

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