On this day: March 9

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on March 9, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1905 · Karluk: Native stranded on breaking ice.
2. 1849 · Abigail: Three rescued natives landed ashore.
3. 1853 · Fortune: Crew member suffered from severe fever.
4. 1877 · E. H. Hatfield: Mail arrived.
5. 1893 · Beluga: Engine trouble delayed the start.
6. 1835 · Addison: Caught 2 sperm whales.
7. 1849 · Abigail: Castaways landed on Ocean Island.
8. 1850 · Draco: Keeper lamented finding neither whales nor home.
9. 1851 · Fortune: Lovet suffered from sore hand.
10. 1865 · Brewster: Caught a hawksbill turtle.
11. 1867 · Abraham Barker: English ship appeared frightened and steered away.
12. 1906 · Karluk: Subzero temperatures during fresh gales.
13. 1833 · Bengal: Lowered for porpoises but could not get near.
14. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Saw jumpers (probably leaping dolphins).
15. 1847 · Dunbarton: Saw birds of different kinds.

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