On this day: March 18
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 18, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1863 · Mary: Five crew members deserted across several ports.
- 1842 · Rowena: Crewman injured and treated by French doctor.
- 1851 · Fortune: Lumas was feeling better.
- 1853 · Lark: Bark leaked 300 strokes per hour.
- 1863 · Mary: Keeper dismissed two deserters as useless.
- 1905 · Karluk: Runaway crewman caught and ironed.
- 1833 · Parker: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1847 · Draco: Keeper prayed for safe passage.
- 1863 · Mary: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented three months without a whale.
- 1854 · Elizabeth: Gale of wind lasted eight days.
- 1863 · Mary: Shipped two boatsteerers and three seamen.
- 1905 · Karluk: G Smith ran away.
- 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw porpoises.