On this day: March 19
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Five crew members deserted on liberty.
- 1834 · Parker: Sent a boat ashore for hogs.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Sent boats ashore to trade for hogs.
- 1905 · Karluk: Runaway returned with frozen hands and feet.
- 1823 · Packet: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Nothing to do to shorten cruise.
- 1847 · Dunbarton: Crew spotted a sea turtle.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Crew lanced basking sharks.
- 1865 · Brewster: Saw grampuses.