On this day: May 24

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 24, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1905 · Karluk: Crew sawed out side of the ship.
2. 1917 · Pedro Varela: Caught 3 whales.
3. 1849 · Draco: Caught a whale.
4. 1850 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil in a dry spell.
5. 1864 · Mary: Caught 2 sperm whales.
6. 1833 · Parker: Keeper hoped for better fortune.
7. 1833 · Bengal: Keeper lamented finding more ships than whales.
8. 1845 · Edward: Noted seven months had passed.
9. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Rigging coated in ice.
10. 1852 · Pacific: Bore through gale, snow, and ice.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed through large fields of ice.
12. 1906 · Karluk: Finished hauling ice.
13. 1861 · Altamaha: Caught one thin-fish.

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