On this day: March 23

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 23, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Three crewmen attacked the officers.
2. 1851 · Fortune: Spars broke in heavy wind and rain.
3. 1852 · Fortune: Gale smashed boat and snapped masts.
4. 1825 · Victory: Caught a whale.
5. 1832 · Parker: Caught 4 sperm whales.
6. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught a sperm whale.
7. 1848 · Draco: Caught a whale.
8. 1850 · Draco: Keeper lamented the lack of oil.
9. 1850 · Mary and Susan: Forced into harbor by snow.
10. 1850 · Mary and Susan: Captain and first officer went on shore.
11. 1905 · Karluk: Wadie left for Point Barrow.
12. 1846 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales to appear.

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