CoML Whales encountered and captured
This table from logbook entries includes information from logbooks from American offshore whaling voyages. These data were extracted from the original whaling logbooks during a scientific research project conducted by a team from the Census of Marine Life project (CoML, www.coml.org) led by Tim Denis Smith between 2000 and 2010.
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| VoyageID | Day | Month | Year | Jul | Enc | Species | Plural | Number_Struck | Number_Tried_Out | Barrel_Yield | Escape_Detail | AmbiguityEnc | CommentEnc | WordingEnc | WordingST | CommentST | sequence | VIDdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoyageID | Day | Month | Year | Jul | Enc | Species | Plural | Number_Struck | Number_Tried_Out | Barrel_Yield | Escape_Detail | AmbiguityEnc | CommentEnc | WordingEnc | WordingST | CommentST | sequence | VIDdate |
Whales encountered and captured—Column definitions
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| VoyageID | Voyage Identification Number |
| Day | Day of Year |
| Month | Month of Year |
| Year | Year |
| Jul | Number of days since 1 Jan 1600 |
| Enc | Sighted whale; lowered boats; struck whale; dead whale |
| Species | Common name of whale encountered |
| Plural | Yes = more than one; No = single whale; Unk = unknown is one or more than one |
| Number_Struck | Number of whales struck |
| Number_Tried_Out | Number of whales tried out |
| Barrel_Yield | Barrels of oil |
| Escape_Detail | Text describing details if whale escaped |
| Ambiguity.Enc | Text describing ambiguity about encounter |
| Comment.Enc | Text about encounter |
| Wording.Enc | Wording from logbook about encounter |
| Wording.ST | Wording from logbook about strike |
| Comment.ST | Text about strike |