On this day: October 7
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on October 7, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1832 · Bengal: Search party rescued crew lost in the mountains.
- 1843 · Jefferson: Police boat visited the ship.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Lost the jib sail in squalls.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper prayed against murmuring after missing whale.
- 1849 · Draco: Keeper prayed for whales and good weather.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crew spotted a sunfish.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper despaired over the voyage.
- 1893 · Beluga: Encountered young ice and heavy snow squalls.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw plenty of terrapin in the mountain.
- 1893 · Beluga: Observed plenty young ice and no big ice.