On this day: June 8
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on June 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1869 · Abraham Barker: Crewman taken sick at the wheel.
- 1827 · Rosalie: Caught 4 whales.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1847 · Dunbarton: Caught a whale.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Vast fields of ice sighted.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a whale.
- 1906 · Karluk: Local people caught their first “white fish”.
- 1832 · Bengal: Keeper lamented the rough weather.
- 1833 · Parker: Cow whale made its first appearance.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper reflected on hope.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper despaired over seeing no whales.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper lamented missing the final barrels.
- 1854 · Active: Ship sailed into ice at midnight.
- 1893 · Beluga: Broke adrift in a gale.
- 1893 · Beluga: Observed ground ice off the land.