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Post by **AvastMH** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:35 pm

Welcome on board the Alaska (Bark) of San Francisco. Mastered by Charles W. Fisher, W.T. Macomber, B.B. Worth, and George W. Porter, on voyage from 4 Dec. 1890-8 Nov. 1891

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Dates are in the format YYYYMMDD. Links to log book pages are shown in blue

Journey section / Users	Date from	Date to	General Position	Comments
A Available after Bering Sea sections are completed	18900412	18910203	From San Francisco to South of the equator and back up to Honolulu	General work about the ship and a couple of possible sperm whale catches
B Available after Bering Sea sections are completed	18910204	18910410	Short stop at Hawaii and then up to the North Pacific	General work again
C Captain: Stream A: Shiplover First mate: Stream B: Boatsteerer: Stream C:	18910411	18910605	April 11th finally at Chirikof Island (55.8326, -155.63321) on the lower border of the Aleutian Chain, just north of the pacific basin	Catching Right Whales
D Captain: Stream A: Shiplover First mate: Stream B: Boatsteerer: Stream C:	18910606	18910806	July 26th, she passes through 'Ounimak Shalers' (possibly means the Unimak Shallows)	Heading NW
E Captain: Stream A: Shiplover First mate: Stream B: Boatsteerer: Stream C:	18910807	18910921	September 21st, location is St George's Island	Spending most of her time close to St George's and catching some whales.
F Captain: Stream A: Shiplover First mate: Stream B: Boatsteerer: Stream C:	18910922	18911206	October 24th, at 3 PM the pass through the straits (known as the '72 Pass')	Last entry in logbook is the 6th December in San Francisco

Note
The ship works on Civil time (starts and ends at midnight): June 18th 1891 . Day commenced [...] at 9.30 AM [...] at 2 PM [...] at 7 PM [...] So ends this day

Thank you for your help