On this day: October 2

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 2, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1842 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during chase.
2. 1880 · Attleboro: Large iron ship collided with them.
3. 1827 · Galatea: Caught a whale.
4. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
5. 1846 · Draco: Keeper pleaded for whales while homesick.
6. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Crew given liberty on shore.
7. 1832 · Bengal: Keeper noted a strong northward current.
8. 1844 · Draco: Saw fur seals.
9. 1851 · Fortune: John recovered from illness.
10. 1854 · Active: Heard surf in the fog.
11. 1841 · Rowena: Cook was sick and off duty.

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