On this day: June 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Draco: Try-pot found broken.
2. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw a shark and drifting timber.
3. 1893 · Beluga: Repaired a shipboard leak.
4. 1843 · Jefferson: Hostile locals turned boats away.
5. 1844 · Solon: Caught a whale.
6. 1845 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
7. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a bowhead whale.
8. 1849 · Abigail: Caught a whale.
9. 1850 · Draco: Caught a whale.
10. 1854 · Active: Caught a whale.
11. 1864 · Mary: Large prahus approached the ship.
12. 1864 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
13. 1879 · Draco: Caught a humpback whale.
14. 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Brought fifty terrapins aboard.
15. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Ice began forming in thick fog.
16. 1864 · Mary: Spotted an unmapped reef.
17. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to grounded ice.

June 5 · June 7

Whaling Logs · All voyages · About