Wikipedia.org, Feb. 12, 2016: Effie M. Morrissey article

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Wikipedia.org, Feb. 12, 2016: Effie M. Morrissey article

The following is a listing of the many voyages captained by Robert Bartlett aboard Effie M. Morrissey ...

1931 Norcross-Bartlett Expedition to Northeast Greenland for the Smithsonian Institution, Heye Foundation, American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Botanical Garden to gather flowering plants for Botanical Gardens; specimens of wild fowl for the Museum of Natural History and narwhal and seals for the Ocean Hall of Life. In addition to this they carried out oceanographic, hydrographic and meteorological work for the US Navy, Smithsonian Institution, and others.

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Norcross-Bartlett Expedition to Northeast Greenland (1931)

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The Norcross-Bartlett Expedition to Northeast Greenland, 1931, also known as the Bartlett-Norcross Expedition sailed on the Effie M. Morrisey with representatives of the Smithsonian Institution, the George Gustav Heye Foundation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Botanical Garden. The objectives of the expedition were to gather flowering plants for the Botanical Gardens, specimens of wild fowl for the Museum of Natural History and narwhal and seals for the Ocean Hall of Li...