Meeteetse, Polar Bears, and the State Vessel of Massachusetts by David Cunningham   Few American marine vessels were as significant as the schooner Effie M. Morrissey. Now named the Ernestina-Morrissey, she not only made many scientific expeditions to the Arctic during the early 1900s with Captain Bob Bartlett at the helm, but even surveyed the … Continue reading Meeteetse, Polar Bears, and the State Vessel of Massachusetts