On this day: May 8

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on May 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1849 · Nimrod: Officers from HMS Herald visited for tea.
2. 1852 · Pacific: Killer whales attacked a right whale.
3. 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Crew shot a goat on shore.
4. 1834 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
5. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a sperm whale.
6. 1845 · Indian Chief: Caught a whale.
7. 1853 · Active: Caught a sperm whale.
8. 1865 · Brewster: Caught 4 whales.
9. 1834 · Bengal: The ocean appeared full of whales.
10. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Sighted snow-covered islands.
11. 1854 · Fortune: Mate reported sick.
12. 1893 · Beluga: Boats hauled over closing ice.
13. 1906 · Karluk: Crew gathered a boatload of ice.
14. 1893 · Beluga: Ship surrounded by close ice.

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