On this day: May 2

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 2, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Sea sparkled like fire at night.
2. 1849 · Nimrod: Observed Native islanders in the surf.
3. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Whale smashed a boat.
4. 1851 · Fortune: Crew members suffered from pox and stomachache.
5. 1855 · Elizabeth: Watched a total lunar eclipse.
6. 1893 · Beluga: Ship stuck hard and fast in the ice.
7. 1834 · Parker: Caught 2 whales.
8. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Caught a bowhead whale.
10. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper wished for contentment amid heavy seas.
11. 1848 · Draco: Keeper lamented crowds of rival ships.
12. 1852 · Fortune: Large body of ice sighted.
13. 1850 · Abigail: Saw porpoises.
14. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck hard and fast in ice.

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