On this day: September 6
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 6, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1835 · Addison: Gale halted work on a sinking whale.
- 1836 · Addison: Captain's boat was smashed.
- 1893 · Beluga: Caught 3 bowhead whales.
- 1836 · Addison: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Caught a whale.
- 1878 · E. H. Hatfield: Saw turtles, dolphins, and porpoises.
- 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Lowered a boat to catch a bird.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Pilot whales played around the ship.
- 1847 · Draco: Keeper lamented dull, slow sailing.
- 1847 · Draco: James Brown reported sick.
- 1853 · Fortune: Crew member sick with no improvement.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Rough seas forced the fires extinguished.
- 1905 · Karluk: Sailed through snow and new ice.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw plenty of flying fish.
- 1849 · Abigail: Saw sulphur bottom (blue whale) whale.
- 1905 · Karluk: Encountered some young ice.