On this day: September 28
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 28, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1905 · Karluk: Norwegian captain visited for dinner.
- 1865 · Brewster: Boarded an English ship carrying a cotton substitute.
- 1833 · Bengal: Keeper grumbled about childish work.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Observed green water.
- 1837 · Addison: Sounded when the water turned green.
- 1849 · Abigail: Waterspouts sighted near the ship.
- 1893 · Beluga: Cruised off the ice with fourteen ships.
- 1844 · Charles Phelps: Finished clearing and boiling blackfish (pilot whales).
- 1879 · Draco: Chased finbacks.
- 1904 · Karluk: Employed in butting ice.