On this day: October 3

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 3, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1832 · Parker: Six men sick with scurvy.
2. 1853 · Fortune: Gale damaged rails and sails.
3. 1864 · Brewster: Crew failed to return from liberty.
4. 1827 · Galatea: Caught a whale.
5. 1842 · Rowena: Caught a whale.
6. 1893 · Beluga: Saw walruses and belugas.
7. 1904 · Karluk: Sled arrived with three deer.
8. 1833 · Parker: Saw porpoises.

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