On this day: September 8

What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 8, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.

1. 1824 · Victory: Crew member lost overboard.
2. 1834 · Bengal: Traded with islanders for food.
3. 1853 · Fortune: Crewman lost a mincing knife overboard.
4. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Fore-topsail carried away.
5. 1905 · Karluk: Bowhead broke bowsprit and Alexander ran aground.
6. 1853 · Fortune: Caught a whale.
7. 1864 · Mary: Caught 2 sperm whales.
8. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Caught a sperm whale.
9. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught a sperm whale.
10. 1893 · Beluga: Caught a bowhead whale.
11. 1832 · Bengal: Keeper lamented the lack of whales.
12. 1846 · Indian Chief: Ship crossed the International Date Line.
13. 1846 · Dunbarton: Saw grampus.
14. 1904 · Karluk: Steered along the ice.
15. 1905 · Karluk: Blocked by pack ice.

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