On this day: October 16

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1862 · Hopeton: Seaman Peter Carley deserted ashore.
2. 1849 · Abigail: Scurvy and illness spread aboard.
3. 1862 · Mary: Sailor killed falling from the yardarm.
4. 1832 · Parker: Crew placed on bread rations.
5. 1844 · Rowena: Discharged crewman Lake.
6. 1846 · Indian Chief: Ship leaked 500 strokes an hour.
7. 1905 · Karluk: Whaleboat blown onto ice and smashed.
8. 1862 · Mary: Sick crewman sent to Singapore hospital.
9. 1862 · Mary: Caught 2 whales.
10. 1878 · Draco: Caught a pilot whale.
11. 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales.
12. 1848 · Draco: Keeper lamented the lack of whales.
13. 1832 · Parker: Saw porpoises.
14. 1848 · Draco: Caught two porpoises.
15. 1851 · Fortune: Carpenter some better, Moss no better.

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