On this day: September 2

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 2, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1827 · Rosalie: Lost a whale while searching for missing boat.
2. 1836 · Addison: Took aboard yams and coconuts.
3. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
4. 1893 · Beluga: Caught a bowhead whale.
5. 1904 · Karluk: Caught a whale.
6. 1832 · Bengal: Noticed green stripes in the sea.
7. 1852 · Fortune: Sighted devilfish (gray whales).
8. 1905 · Karluk: Ice forced the ship back to anchor.
9. 1830 · George Porter: Saw a number of birds.
10. 1832 · Parker: Saw porpoises.

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