On this day: May 28

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1853 · Fortune: Crew members refused duty after sailor put in irons.
2. 1832 · Bengal: Plugged a leaking worm hole.
3. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 4 whales.
4. 1827 · Rosalie: Caught a whale.
5. 1835 · Addison: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1836 · Addison: Canoes departed from the ship.
7. 1845 · Draco: Met a ship suffering a five-month dry spell.
8. 1845 · Draco: Caught a killer whale.
9. 1865 · Brewster: Caught 4 whales.
10. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Strong winds brought hail squalls.
11. 1851 · Fortune: The whole ocean was alive with whales.
12. 1905 · Karluk: Ice flooded by fresh gales.
13. 1865 · Brewster: Encountered a school of blackfish (pilot whales).
14. 1905 · Karluk: Observed ice covered with water.

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