On this day: November 30
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on November 30, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1833 · Bengal: Pig lost overboard.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Ship briefly struck bottom.
- 1841 · Rowena: Whale smashed a boat.
- 1845 · Draco: Discovered stored oil leaking badly.
- 1848 · Abigail: Captain traded ashore for livestock.
- 1848 · Nimrod: Keeper wished to be home for Thanksgiving.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Bowpsrit band broke.
- 1832 · George Porter: Caught a whale.
- 1848 · Draco: Keeper prayed for oil after a loss.
- 1850 · Draco: Completed the voyage at New Bedford.
- 1852 · Active: Caught 2 whales.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Caught a whale.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Keeper recorded prime whaling grounds and habits.
- 1834 · Parker: Noticed deep green seawater.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper lamented rough weather stopping a chase.
- 1851 · Fortune: Cook returned to work.
- 1860 · Jireh Perry: Outsailed a heavily rigged ship.
- 1863 · Brewster: Crew caught a porpoise.
- 1905 · Karluk: Temperature dropped to five below zero.
- 1844 · Edward: Saw a school of porpoises.