St. Lawrence Island

4 whaling voyages of the atlas came to St. Lawrence Island, which their keepers wrote as “St. Lawrence Island”, “St Lornce island”, “St Lawrence Island”, “St Lawrence”, “St Lawrence IS”, “St Laurence”.

Visits

1. Pacific, 1851–54: June 26, 1852, off, 1 day.
2. Pacific, 1851–54: June 30, 1852, off, 4 days.
3. Pacific, 1851–54: July 10, 1852, off, 1 day.
4. Fortune, 1850–54: July 21, 1852, off, 1 day.
5. Fortune, 1850–54: September 9, 1852, off, 2 days.
6. Pacific, 1851–54: September 19, 1852, off, 2 days.
7. Beluga, 1893: October 18, 1893, off, 1 day.
8. Karluk, 1904–06: May 9, 1904, at anchor, 2 days.
9. Karluk, 1904–06: May 18, 1904, off, 1 day.
10. Karluk, 1904–06: October 15, 1906, off, 1 day.

What the logs record there

1. 1852 · Pacific: Natives arrived in skin canoes to trade.
2. 1852 · Pacific: Natives boarded and were driven off.
3. 1852 · Pacific: Native canoes came alongside.
4. 1852 · Pacific: A complete barrier of sea ice.
5. 1852 · Pacific: Shared fresh cod with two barks.
6. 1852 · Pacific: Sighted snow-covered St. Lawrence Island.
7. 1852 · Pacific: Lowered for walruses and took three.
8. 1852 · Pacific: Steered out of the ice.
9. 1852 · Pacific: Caught cod fish.
10. 1893 · Beluga: Caught about 60 cod fish.
11. 1904 · Karluk: Saw very little ice.

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