On this day: September 17
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 17, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1847 · Draco: Found a burned foremast adrift.
- 1876 · Golden City: Bulwarks smashed in heavy gales.
- 1822 · Packet: Caught a whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Caught a whale.
- 1905 · Karluk: Whalers arrived to winter together.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper despaired over the lack of oil.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Crew killed a fur seal.
- 1849 · Draco: Headed where the wind blows.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Abundant marine life in thick water.
- 1906 · Karluk: Ice scattered across the ocean.
- 1845 · Edward: Saw plenty of fish.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Saw plenty of birds.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Saw grampuses.
- 1861 · Altamaha: Observed dolphins around the vessel.