On this day: June 7

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1834 · Bengal: Large whale broke iron and escaped.
2. 1906 · Karluk: Built quarters for native people aboard.
3. 1846 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
4. 1851 · Fortune: Caught a bowhead whale.
5. 1827 · Galatea: Pilot left the ship.
6. 1833 · Parker: Saw clams and nautiluses.
7. 1833 · Bengal: Saw streaks of blood from a whale.
8. 1834 · Parker: Keeper regretted leaving the equator.
9. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Crew caught codfish in shallow water.
10. 1853 · Fortune: Whales heard all around in fog.
11. 1862 · Hopeton: Saw flying fish and squid.
12. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Saw plenty of ice.

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