On this day: May 21

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 21, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1852 · Fortune: Captain lay near death.
2. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Four crewmen deserted on shore leave.
3. 1837 · Addison: Caught 4 whales.
4. 1852 · Pacific: Shot two ducks.
5. 1852 · Pacific: Shot three gulls.
6. 1905 · Karluk: Sled arrived with provisions.
7. 1833 · Parker: Calculated the crew's potato consumption.
8. 1842 · Jefferson: Keeper complained whales were scarce.
9. 1845 · Edward: Keeper lamented hard times without sperm whales.
10. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Encountered fog and light snow.
11. 1850 · Abigail: Sighted snow-covered land.
12. 1852 · Pacific: Crew went hunting seabirds.
13. 1852 · Elizabeth: Dennis Parker joined as boat steerer.
14. 1863 · Mary: Sailed over phantom Storm Island.
15. 1844 · Draco: Saw grampuses.
16. 1862 · Hopeton: The mate off duty sick.

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