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	Schooner Ernestina History
		This was the first trip for the Effie M. Morrissey as an Arctic explorer sponsored by the Publicist George Palmer Putnam sailing under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Michigan.
		Click here to read his story aboard the Schooner Effie M. Morrissey, skippered by Capt. Harry Ross, for a fast run between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, N.S. in December 1912.
		He was on the Effie M. Morrissey, named after his sister, when his father was taken sick, after the first baiting.
	www.ernestina.org /history (1264 words)

	Schooner Ernestina
		The 1894-built schooner Ernestina, ex-Effie M. Morrissey, is the oldest surviving Grand Banks fishing schooner, the only surviving 19th century Gloucester-built fishing schooner, and one of two remaining examples of the Fredonia style schooners, the most famous American fishing vessel type, and is the only offshore example of that type.
		The 1894-built, two-masted schooner Ernestina, formerly Effie M. Morrissey (official number 136423) is a fully operational museum and educational vessel owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Schooner Ernestina Commission.
		As Effie M. Morrissey, the schooner carried 8,323 square feet of sail; today, as Ernestina, she carries the same amount of canvas as the result of a 1986 restoration.
	www.ernestina.org /publications/NHLstudy.html (3649 words)

	New Bedford Massachusetts
		Come aboard the historic Schooner Ernestina (ex Effie M. Morrissey), homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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	www.travelmassachusetts.info /browse/new-bedford-massachusetts.html (193 words)

	Robert Abram Bartlett Papers
		Bartlett owned the "Effie M. Morrissey" and commanded its mostly student crew on annual expeditions (1926-46) making hydrographic studies and collecting museum specimens under the auspices of the Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Natural History of Philadelphia, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Geographic Society and other major institutions.
		In 1913-14, Bartlett commanded Vilhjalmur Stefansson's ill-fated "Karluk" which was destroyed in the pack ice; walking alone to Siberia, he returned with a rescue party.
		"Captain Bob" Bartlett (1875-1946), of Brigus, Nfld., began his Arctic career as mate on the "Windward" voyage of 1898-99, led by Robert E. Peary (Bowd.
	library.bowdoin.edu /arch/mss/rabg.shtml (328 words)

	About Newfoundland and Labrador - Seat of Governmnet - Confederation Building
		There is an industrial setting including a paper mill, and for contrast, there is a setting showing children at play and Captain Bob Bartlett's schooner, the "Effie Morrissey", offshore.
		The mural is an allegorical representation of Newfoundland through the years both before and after Confederation.
		On the mezzanine is a mural by one of Newfoundland's leading artists, Harold B. Goodridge.
	www.gov.nf.ca /nfld&lab/confed.htm (328 words)

	Robert Abram Bartlett (Bowdoin, Arctic Museum)
		Bartlett himself also commanded many successful expeditions on his beloved ship the Effie M. Morrissey.
		Robert Abram Bartlett was born on August 15, 1875 in Brigus, Newfoundland.
		Captain Bob Bartlett, shipmate and comrade of both Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan, was a steadfast and reliable member of the Arctic expeditions for which he captained the Roosevelt under the command of Peary.
	academic.bowdoin.edu /arcticmuseum/biographies/html/bartlett.shtml (879 words)

	1940
		Shown on the deck of the Effie M. Morrissey on October 29, 1941 is Frederick R. Gracely, National Bureau of Standards (NBS); Louise Arner Boyd; Archer S. Taylor, NBS; and T. Carrol, US Coast Guard radio operator.
		If you would like to read a logbook from this trip click here to go to John Pitcairn's log....
		Standing : Jim Pond, Albert Barnes (we called him shellback because he "always knew everything"), the captain, John Pitcairn (sitting and holding the life ring), Ed Darr, Austen Colgate
	www.ernestina.org /history/1940.html (879 words)

	The UnMuseum - Mirages
		The schooner Effie M. Morrissey was sailing the North Atlantic on July 17, 1939 when a Fata Morgana appeared.
		Fata Morganas may also be the cause of legends about phantom ships that sail the sky.
		The Straits of Messina, between Sicily and the Italian mainland, are famous for its Fata Morganas.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /mirage.htm (879 words)

	Links to other Corps
		#249 (Brigus, NF): RCSCC #249 Effie M. Morrissey
		#49 (Winnepeg, MB): RCSCC #49 John Travers Cornwell V.C. Duke of Edinburgh's Award: Canadian Website
	members.tripod.com /~SEA_CADETS_304/links.html (40 words)

	Schooner Ernestina History
		This was the first trip for the Effie M. Morrissey as an Arctic explorer sponsored by the Publicist George Palmer Putnam sailing under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Michigan.
		Using archival photographs, rare film footage and oral history interviews, this compelling, fifty-eight minute documentary relates the development of shipbuilding and fishing on Cape Ann, the opportunities it created for Portuguese, Canadian and Italian immigrants and the thousands of fishermen who lost their lives at sea.
		Her history is a remarkable legacy that spans continents, races and generations --
	www.ernestina.org /history (40 words)

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