On this day: September 15
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 15, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1845 · Draco: Cook flogged for stealing.
- 1904 · Karluk: Native crewmen hunted deer inland.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Pumped leaked oil from the hold.
- 1833 · Bengal: Harpooner demoted after missing whale.
- 1842 · Jefferson: Cask heads found rotten.
- 1864 · Brewster: Whale smashed a whaleboat.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Whale smashed a boat.
- 1893 · Beluga: Traded and met the Refuge station superintendent.
- 1904 · Karluk: Natives left ship to hunt deer.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Caught a whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Caught a whale.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1844 · Indian Chief: Keeper despaired of reaching land.
- 1845 · Draco: Lament over dishonest sailors.
- 1848 · Abigail: Frustrated keeper baffled by elusive whales.
- 1854 · Active: Ships forced back by rough weather.
- 1905 · Karluk: Moored to ice for winter quarters.
- 1833 · Bengal: Caught several porpoises.
- 1851 · Pacific: Saw a great many birds.