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East CorRIDOR 
POLAR MAPS 
Leaving the statue on the left and “‘ Willamette’? meteorite on the 
right, and going east, the visitor enters the corridor where the elevators 
are located (Hast Corridor). Here will be found maps of the north and 
south polar regions showing the routes of explorers. On 
the wall are 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. The various 
Sledzes 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 in part due to the final modification, 
On the opposite side of the map is one of the sledges used by Amund- 
sen on his journey to the South Pole. [A history of south 
Sledee gs 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. 
Polar 
Expeditions 
SOUTHWEST 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 
complete collection of the native trees north of Mexico, 
ia of Presented to the Museum by Morris K. Jesup. On the 
North right is a bronze tablet, by J. E. Fraser, the gift of J. J. 
American Cl] dame We Tes Se ee Bid Gaettc 
Woods ancy, depicting Mr. Jesup as he walked in his favorite 
wood at Lenox, Mass., and, still farther to the right is the 
bust of Charles Sprague Sargent under whose direction the collection 
was brought together. 
To the left is a section of one of the Big Trees of California, sixteen 
feet in diameter and 1341 years old. [See Guide Leaflet No. 42.] It 
began its growth in the year 550, so that it was nearly a thousand years 
