On this day: March 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Caught a pilot whale.
2. 1879 · Draco: Caught a sperm whale.
3. 1833 · George Porter: Battered by gales and snow squalls.
4. 1834 · Bengal: Failed to find Charles Island.
5. 1845 · Edward: Saw several fish.
6. 1847 · Dunbarton: Saw a great number of birds.

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