On this day: May 17
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 17, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1852 · Fortune: Captain taken ashore under doctor's care.
- 1832 · Bengal: Burned the last oil from Salem.
- 1837 · Addison: Squall cracked the jibboom.
- 1905 · Karluk: Crewman remained locked in irons.
- 1905 · Karluk: Nugent still in irons.
- 1827 · Rosalie: Caught 3 whales.
- 1844 · Solon: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
- 1852 · Pacific: Encountered an unbroken barrier of ice.
- 1854 · Active: Passed Matsmai and saw numerous junks.
- 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Caught a whale.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper regretted not sailing for home.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper despaired over making headway east.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper complained about a frequently damaged boat.
- 1854 · Fortune: Pilot taken on board.
- 1865 · Brewster: Captain ignored a sighted whale.
- 1893 · Beluga: Ice too dense to enter.
- 1834 · Parker: Mr. Chace off duty sick.
- 1852 · Pacific: Saw a large field of ice.