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The basic principle of OldWeather Whaling.... The reason for this project is that it is very hard to automatically sort the navigation and ice (and other specific items) from blocks of text in the hand-written log books. Having those details pulled out and associated by line with date/time/position...

The log book of the Thomas Pope 1884 has been completed Here is a list of the other whaling ships - please feel welcome to choose another voyage to the Arctic :) If you would like to work on a section of the log please leave a note in the next available reply section of this board below remember to...

I thought it would be worth mentioning this bad spelling because it's a confusing one. Perhaps it was simply the excitement of the day that upended the log-keeper's spelling? ;) 8) No - you are not seeing double. The log-keeper has decided on yet another spelling.... St Larnces Island for St Lawren...

I thought it would be worth mentioning this bad spelling because it's a confusing one. Perhaps it was simply the excitement of the day that upended the log-keeper's spelling? ;) 8) St Lawince Island for St Lawrence Island Logbook Thomas Pope, July 4th, 1884 https://archive.org/details/logbookofthom...

Each log writer is likely to have a peculiar writing style and spelling system. In the most exaggerated cases the spelling of one word may vary even in the entry for one day. If you find oddities please do post them here to help other viewers working with this project. Help with images If you want t...

Not all logs provide a crew list. You might find names in the log to post here.

Please mention any names of ships seen, or met, or gamed with. It is possible that a nearby ship may have a latitude and longitude for that small area of sea, but that is missing from this ship's log.

Lending a hand to avoid a disaster at sea. The Hunter gets help form two close-by whalers. Gold stars for the Capt. Knowles of the George & Susan, and Capt. Koon of the Louisa. A sad day for the ship's hogs. 25th April 1883 https://imgur.com/UsSPXEv.png At 5 A.M. discovered fire in the forecast...

The ice sections of the voyage of the Lucretia from Dec 11th 1883 and ending on Nov 4th 1884 have been completed. Thank you all! Once all ice sections of the log list have been completed we will return to the non-ice sections. You can find more ships in this listing: Find your ship, & the full ...

The ice sections of the voyage of the Hunter from 26 Dec 1882 and ending on 10 Nov 1883 have been completed. Thank you all! Once all ice sections of the log list have been completed we will return to the non-ice sections. You can find more ships in this listing: Find your ship, & the full list ...

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Welcome to the log book of the Hunter 26 Dec 1882 - 10 Nov 1883. If you would like to work on a section of the log please leave a note in the next available reply section of this board below remember to say which section you would like to work on a link to the workbook, for your transcriptions, wil...

For this journey I was not able to find a crew list. The following are names that appeared in the log along with notations as to the movement of some of this crew. Master/Captain - Albert C. Sherman Mr. Winchester - on July 24, 1883 he goes aboard the 'Ohio' Mr. Murray Mr. Wood - spend a bit of tim...

Sideways entries occur in this log. You might find it helpful to take a screen snip/image and rotate it.

Here is an example from April 20th 1883

Each log writer is likely to have a peculiar writing style and spelling system. In the most exaggerated cases the spelling of one word may vary even in the entry for one day. If you find oddities please do post them here to help other viewers working with this project. Help with images If you want t...

19th June 1883: https://archive.org/details/hunterbarkofsanf00hunt/page/46 The logwriter must have a long memory because I think he mentions the Mary and Helen instead of the Helen Mar or possibly the Mary and Susan https://imgur.com/2yE56tb.png The Mary and Helen was sold off 2 years before and be...

Ships met in 1883 between April 18th and November 10th - also including names of Captains and significant events that were mentioned. Schooner 'Page' Revenue Cutter 'Corbin' STMRS: Lucretia - Capt. Gifford Bowhead Belvedere Baelina (also written as Balena) Narwhal Boneter BARKS: Helen Mar - Capt. E...

For this journey I was not able to find a crew list. The following are names that appeared in the log along with notations as to the movement of some of this crew. Master/Captain - Albert C. Sherman Mr. Winchester - on July 24, 1883 he goes aboard the 'Ohio' Mr. Murray Mr. Wood - spend a bit of tim...

Not all logs provide a crew list. You might find names in the log to post here.

Please mention any names of ships seen, or met, or gamed with. It is possible that a nearby ship may have a latitude and longitude for that small area of sea, but that is missing from this ship's log.