On this day: March 1

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1836 · Addison: Boats went ashore for vegetables and canoes came alongside.
2. 1847 · Indian Chief: Heavy seas damaged bulwarks and boats.
3. 1852 · Fortune: Mates clashed aboard ship.
4. 1843 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
5. 1853 · Elizabeth: Caught a whale.
6. 1879 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1906 · Karluk: Two sleds arrived.
8. 1922 · Gaspé: Photographer aboard exempt from deck duty.
9. 1832 · Parker: Keeper complained of being trapped by winds.
10. 1849 · Draco: Wished well to a homeward-bound ship.
11. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Endured heavy squalls of hail.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Crew illness reported.
13. 1832 · Parker: Saw grampuses.
14. 1852 · Elizabeth: Struck three porpoises.

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