[Arnolda (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Bauldry, on voyage 2 Jan. 1872 - 1 May 1876]

Log, kept by unknown first mate, relating to whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans and Okhotsk Sea. Includes descriptions of types of whales (blackfish, bowhead, finback, gray, humpback, killer, right, and sperm) and walrus seen or taken, accidents and deaths at sea, Arctic disaster, indigenous people, punishment on ship, rescues, shipboard medicine, and bounty paid for whales caught; and whale stamps, accounts of provisions used, and inventory of whale oil. Other places represented include Mocha Island, Saint Lawrence Island, Honolulu, Guam, Point Barrow, Yokohama, Enderbury Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, Pleasant Island (Nauru), Ascension Island (Pohnpei Island), Bay of Islands, and Pernambuco; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Bauldry, on voyage 2 Jan. 1872-1 May 1876 to the Arctic, South Pacific, South Atlantic, North Pacific, Japan Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Northeast gulf, and On the Line whaling grounds ; owner-agent: James B. Wood & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1844