On this day: May 30

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Bengal: Caught a sperm whale.
2. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a sperm whale.
3. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Caught a bowhead whale.
4. 1851 · Pacific: Brought livestock and potatoes from shore.
5. 1853 · Active: Saw lights on shore.
6. 1851 · Fortune: Snow squalls arrived to brighten ideas.
7. 1853 · Fortune: Cruised along the ice.
8. 1893 · Beluga: Ship tied up to the ice.
9. 1835 · Addison: Captain returned onboard with fish and shells.
10. 1845 · Draco: Boiled killer whale blubber.
11. 1853 · Fortune: Invalids remained much the same.

May 29 · May 31

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