Bolshoy Shantar Island

2 whaling voyages of the atlas came to Bolshoy Shantar Island, which their keepers wrote as “Big Shantar Island”, “Great Tchantar Island”.

Visits

1. Fortune, 1850–54: June 24, 1853, off, 1 day.
2. Active, 1852–56: June 25, 1854, off, 1 day.

What the logs record there

1. 1854 · Active: Ice damaged the cutwater.
2. 1854 · Active: Ship drifted into massive ice cakes.

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