On this day: October 1
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 1, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper jumped overboard to save crewman.
- 1833 · Bengal: Noted it was unheard of for scurvy ships.
- 1844 · Draco: Crew member fell overboard and was rescued.
- 1832 · Parker: Caught a whale.
- 1905 · Karluk: Sleds arrived from the schooner Ramon.
- 1834 · Parker: Keeper saw little prospect of whales.
- 1837 · Edward Quesnel: Keeper appreciated the local women.
- 1846 · Draco: Keeper complained about leaking oil.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Snow-covered island sighted from afar.
- 1848 · Nimrod: Keeper missed going to church.
- 1853 · Fortune: Mowna much the same.
- 1893 · Beluga: Keeper marked thirty-two years at sea.
- 1846 · Draco: Saw porpoises.