On this day: May 6

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1826 · Rosalie: Boat capsized and lost whaling gear.
2. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Found an abandoned boat adrift.
3. 1905 · Karluk: Native sleds brought deer meat.
4. 1826 · Rosalie: Boat smashed alongside through carelessness.
5. 1905 · Karluk: Crewman refused bread and water.
6. 1826 · Rosalie: Caught 3 whales.
7. 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
8. 1834 · Bengal: Whale harpooned while standing on flukes.
9. 1844 · Draco: Keeper complained about the filthy deck.
10. 1849 · Nimrod: Left behind among strangers.
11. 1879 · Draco: Shipped a boatsteerer and about three men.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Navigated through close ice.
13. 1904 · Karluk: Blocked by ice alongside other steamers.
14. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Saw plenty of fish.
15. 1853 · Fortune: Caught two porpoises.
16. 1904 · Karluk: Worked along the ice.

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