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<dl><dd>Journal, kept by Washington Fosdick, relating to a whaling voyage the Western Arctic, North and South Pacific Oceans; 1858 Dec. 13-1860 June 2; Includes pen and ink illustrations of ships seen, landfalls, volcanos, and whales seen and taken; Places seen include Mt. St. Elias, Middleton's Island, Ounimak Pass, Diomede Islands, Aitutaki (Cook Islands), and New Zealand; Repository also has microfilm of the log (Reel 17); Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick Slocum, on voyage from April 23, 1857 - December 12, 1858 to the Kodiak, Western Arctic, North Pacific and South Pacific Northwest Coast, Gulf of California, Sea of Kamchatka, and Sea of Anadyr whaling grounds; Owner-agent: Abraham Ashley; Built New York, 1832</dd>
<dd>In the collection of the &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library">http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library&lt;/a&gt;</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Slocum, Frederick, shipmaster; Ashley, Abraham; Seafaring life; Whales; Voyages and travels; Whalers (Persons); Whaling masters; Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford; North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel; Illustrations; Journals</div>
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Saratoga (Ship); Fosdick, Washington, logkeeper</div>
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