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On the Line, and Western Arctic whaling grounds, mastered by Frederick A.
Barker.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library: Logbook of the Progress (Bark), ODHS
939
Gift of Col. Laurence Eliot Bunker.
Funds for digitization were provided by the North Pacific Research Bureau.
Vessel History
Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, California, on voyage December 16, 1880 – May 28, 1881 to the Off Shore, On the Line, and
Western Arctic whaling grounds, mastered by Frederick A. Barker; owner-agent: I.H.
Bartlett & Sons.
Logbook Contents
Partial log, kept by Frederick A. Barker, relating to a whaling voyage to the South
Pacific and Arctic oceans and Chukchi seas. It includes descriptions of types of
whales seen or taken, indigenous people, punishment on ship, shipboard medicine, and
shipwrecks; and inventories of whale oil and bone and poems. The log’s continuation
can be found in ODHS 938B, starting on page 130.
Note: the page numbers in this finding aid reflect those found in the physical
logbook, not the PDF.
p. 138; May 6 p. 140; May 8 (caught 2) p. 142; May 9 (caught) p. 143; May 10 p. 144;
May 11 (caught) p. 145; May 15 p. 149; May 17 p. 151; May 18 (caught) p. 152; May 28
p. 162.
20; Jan 12 p. 30; Jan 15 p. 33; Jan 16 p. 34; Jan 25 p. 43; Jan 29 p. 46; Feb 1 p.
50; Feb 7 p. 56; Feb 15 p. 64; Feb 20 p. 69; Mar 17 p. 80; Apr 7 p. 111; Apr 24 p.
128; Apr 25 p. 129.
May 26 p. 160.
(caught) p. 22; Jan 5 p. 23; Jan 6 p. 24; Jan 10 p. 28.
128.
12; Jan 8, 1881 p. 26; Jan 12 p. 30; Jan 15 (caught) p. 33; Jan 16 p. 34; Jan 18 p.
36; Jan 21 p. 39; Jan 22 p. 40; Jan 23 p. 41; Jan 24 p. 42; Jan 28 p. 46; Jan 30 p.
48; Feb 5 p. 54; Feb 6 p. 55; Feb 7 p. 56; Feb 10 p. 59; Feb 17 p. 66.
Jan 2, 1881 p. 20; skipjacks Jan 2 p. 20; fly fish Jan 2 p. 20; turtles Jan 7 p. 25;
flying fish Jan 11 p. 29; albacore Jan 13 (caught) p. 31; flying fish Jan 13 p. 31;
flying fish Jan 18 p. 36; turtle Jan 21 p. 39; “peculiar shaped jelly fish” Jan 21
p. 39; albacore Jan 22 p. 40; barracuda Jan 22 p. 40; turtle (caught) Jan 23 p. 41;
albacore Jan 28 p. 46; billfish Jan 29 p. 47; turtles Jan 29 p. 47; sharks Jan 29 p.
47; flying fish Jan 29 p. 47; tropic birds Jan 29 p. 47; flying fish Jan 30 p. 48;
tropic birds Jan 30 p. 48; flying fish Jan 31 p. 49; tropic birds Jan 31 p. 49;
skipjacks (caught 3) Feb 1 p. 50; turtle (caught) Feb 5 p. 54; yellowtails Feb 5 p.
54; sharks Feb 5 p. 54; turtle Feb 7 p. 56; albacore Feb 7 p. 56; flying fish Feb 10
p. 59; tropic birds Feb 10 p. 59; flying fish Feb 14 p. 63; flying fish Feb 20 p.
69; tropic birds Feb 20 p. 69; barracuda Mar 17 p. 80; turtle Mar 21 p. 92; tropic
birds Mar 21 p. 92; Hawaiian birds Mar 21 p. 92; Hawaiian birds Apr 1 p. 103; whale
birds Apr 1 p. 103; Hawaiian birds Apr 7 p. 111; parrot bills Apr 11 p. 115; fur
seals (caught 4) Apr 24 p. 128; fur seals Apr 25 p. 129; fur seal Apr 26 p. 130.
Socorro Islands Jan 11 p. 28; Hawaii Feb 23 p. 72; Honolulu Feb 27 p. 76; Maui Mar 1
p. 78; Molokai Mar 1 p. 78; Bering Sea Apr 12 p. 116; Cape Navarin May 7 p. 141;
Plover Bay May 19 p. 153; St. Lawrence Bay May 21 p. 155.
in San Francisco at that time, so every man on the ship was vaccinated before they
set out. Jan 23, 1881 p. 41 The cabin boy fell overboard while trying to catch a
turtle. He was saved, as was the turtle. Feb 19 p. 68 The 4th mate accidentally let
one of the sails fall onto the deck, on top of the captain’s dog. The captain struck
the 4th mate in response. By Feb 21 the dog was able to walk again. Apr 17 p. 121
One of the crewmen stole a cask of bread. He was charged $25 dollars for it. He was
also sick the next two days because of “gluttony.” May 25 p. 159 The natives
reported 2 whaling vessels that were crushed by ice and appeared near them. The
ships were full of bodies covered in ice.
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