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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. Equally this ship might provide the position of those other ships.

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

From NBWM
Beluga (Steam bark)

March 30, 1897 ? August 31, 1898
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/l ... -odhs_951A
Walruses: Jun 21, 1897 (caught 3) p. 26.

Misc. creatures (seen unless otherwise noted): deer Apr
24, 1897 p. 9; ducks Sep 6 (caught 24) p. 51; deer Sep 7 (caught 3) p. 52; grouse
Sep 8 (caught 16) p. 52; ducks Sep 8 (caught 10) p. 52; deer Sep 10 (caught 3) p.
53; ducks Sep 28 (caught 72) & 29 (caught 46) p. 58; deer Oct 13 (caught 7) p.
62; deer Oct 26 (caught) p. 65; deer Nov 8 (caught) p. 68; white fox Nov 27 (caught)
p. 72; ptarmigan Feb 9 (caught 8 ), 10 (caught 3) & 11 (caught 7) p. 89;
ptarmigan Feb 22 (caught 4) p. 92; moose Mar 7 (caught) p. 95 white fox Mar 7
(caught) p. 95; deer Mar 9 (caught) p. 96; crow Mar 16 p. 97; deer Mar 19 (caught)
p. 98; moose Mar 29 (caught) p. 100; deer Mar 29 (caught) p. 100; squirrel Apr 18 p.
104; ptarmigan Apr 23 (caught 17) p. 106; deer (caught) Apr 26 p. 106; polar bear
(caught 2) Apr 28 p. 107; goose May 13 p. 110; hawk May 13 p. 110; brown bear May 22
(caught 2) p. 113; grouse Jun 1 (caught) p. 116; white goose Jun 4 (caught) p. 117;
ducks Jun 4 (caught) p. 117; plover owls Jun 4 p. 117; gulls Jun 4 p. 117; teal
ducks Jun 5 (caught 2) p. 117; deer Jun 6 (caught) p. 117; ducks Jun 19 (caught) p.
121; geese Jun 19 (caught) p. 121; swan Jun 19 (caught) p. 121; ducks Jun 22 (caught
10) p. 122; ducks Jun 27 (caught) p. 123; geese Jun 27 (caught) p. 123; ducks Jul 16
(caught 23) p. 129; ducks Jul 22 (caught 12) p. 131; polar bear Aug 16 (caught) p.
140.
Notable events: Oct 17, 1897 p. 63 The [first] mate of the
Balaena died. Oct 23 p. 64 A sailor aboard the
Narwhal died. Jan 25, 1898 p. 85 Captain Bodfish assisted Captain Tilton with the
amputation of one of his mens fingers. Feb 4 p. 87 One of the crewmen dropped dead
suddenly. He had not been feeling well prior to then, but had never been off duty.
Feb 11-12 p. 89-90 some men broke into storage areas and stole several items.
Captain Bodfish put the three men he suspected in irons. One confessed and the other
two did not. The next day the other two men confessed and implicated some other men.
They had all planned to desert their vessels. Feb 11 p. 89 A crewman died. Feb 20 p.
92 A group of men stole two sleds and 14 dogs. They were found and apprehended later
that day. Apr 18 p. 104 The wife of one of the men aboard the Narwhal died. May 21-22 p. 112-113 two rifles were found in a snowbank,
having been stolen and abandoned by some crew members. Captain Bodfish put two men in
irons but let them out later, and he did not find out who stole the rifles. Aug 26
p. 145 While whaling man stepped out onto the line, got it tangled around his leg,
fell overboard and drowned.

Illustrations: drawings of whale heads/tails p. 13, 44,
46-47, 132-146.

July 4th 1897

Port Clarence. The crew of the Orca go off to enjoy a Baseball game



Aha! Guess who they meet up with? The Beluga, Capt Bodfish in charge
4th July



I wonder who won?

For the report of Mr Flanders death on February 3rd 1898 see : Re: Burials at sea and other recorded deaths
'20 minutes past 10 Our first officer Mr R. N. Flanders died while sitting in his chair undressing himself apparently well but at few moments before every possible effort was made too restore him but failed'

Rest in Peace Mr Flanders.

MSW wrote:Sun May 10, 2020 4:05 am
The Beluga 1897 to 1899
Death of an unnamed whalerman.
August 26th 1898 Probably close to Baillie Islands on the Canadian Northwest Territories coastline (70.58349 -128.17206)

'11 AM struck 1 man got foul in line was drowned & another was knocked over board but was saved.'

The man was buried the next day at 8-15 AM

Rest in Peace Whalerman of the Beluga

This has been recorded in Burials at sea and other recorded deaths

From the Bodfish Collection of Photographs, New Bedford Whaling Museum



The caption is: Circa 1898. On deck Steamer Beluga. (left to right) Andrew Look 1st mate, George Leigh 2nd mate, Captain Bodfish master, Pete Petersen 3rd mate, Harry Huffman boatheader.