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EAST CORRIDOR 

 Polar Maps 



Loaviug the stjituo oil tlic left and "Willamette" meteorite on the 



right and going east the visitor enters the corridor where the elevators 



are located {East Corridor). Here will be found maps of the north and 

 south polar regions showing the routes of explorers. On 



^ ,. . the wall by the north polar map are the sledges used by 



Admiral Peary in his last three expeditions in search of the 



North Pole. The Morris K. Jesup sledge which the Admiral used in his 

 successful polar expedition is the one nearest the entrance. 



g. , The various sledges in their differences of style show the 



persistent effort made by Admiral Peary to bring the sledge 



up to its greatest possible usefulness. That he was successful on his last 



trip was inj|art due to the final modification. 



On the^pposite side of the doorway is one of the sledges used by Amund- 

 sen on his journey to the South Pole. [A history of south 



g. , polar expeditions is given in Guide Leaflet No. 31.] 



In a room at the north end of this corridor is the large 



Mainka seismograph, for recording the occurrence of earthquakes. This 



was given to the New York Academy of Sciences by Emerson McMillin, 



and by the Academy deposited in the Museum. 



SOUTHEAST WING 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods 



To the east of the elevators is the Hall of North American Forestry 



containing the Jesup Collection of North American Woods, a nearly com- 



Jesup plete collection of the native trees north of Mexico, pre- 



Collection of sented to the Museum by Morris K. Jesup. On the right 



North is a bronze tablet, by J. E. Eraser, the gift of J. J. Clancy, 



American depicting Mr. Jesup as he walked in his favorite wood at 



Woods ^ , T- 



Lenox, Mass. 



To the left is a section of one of the Big Trees of California, sixteen 



feet in diameter and 1341 years old. It began its growth in the year 550, 



so that it was nearly a thousand years old before America was even dis- 



