American whaler Alert visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 8 September 1849

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item reported the arrival at Honolulu, Hawaii on 1 September by the American whaling ship Alert master Green coming from the Bering Strait.