On this day: March 17
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 17, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Keeper clashed with a crewman.
- 1876 · Golden City: Four men shipped aboard.
- 1834 · Bengal: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1834 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught 2 pilot whales.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper prayed for success.
- 1862 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
- 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1906 · Karluk: Three sleds set out.
- 1922 · Gaspé: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Becalmed under extreme heat.
- 1834 · Bengal: Writer cursed cowardly captain.
- 1876 · Golden City: Shipped four men.