On this day: September 16
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 16, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1853 · Fortune: Ship dragged anchor in a heavy gale.
- 1864 · Mary: Deck bolt failed while hauling whale head.
- 1833 · Parker: Caught a whale.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Caught a pilot whale.
- 1864 · Mary: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1864 · Brewster: Caught 2 whales.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper mocked the captain's timid whaling.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Spotted an island of ice.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper lamented being far from home.
- 1865 · Brewster: Prepared the ship for a storm.
- 1906 · Karluk: Encountered sea ice.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw and struck a swordfish.
- 1842 · Rowena: Magen Steb off duty.
- 1851 · Pacific: Saw birds and finbacks.
- 1893 · Beluga: No appearance of ice.