The next station was at Porter Bay, the next at Sail Harbor, the next at Cape Colan, and the final station at Cape Columbia itself.

Parties would thus be going back and forth the whole time, the trail would constantly be kept open, and hunting could be done along the way.

The tractive force was, of course, the Eskimo dogs, and sledges were the means of transportation.

The sledges were of two types: the Peary sledge, which had never been used before this expedition, and the regular Eskimo sledge, increased somewhat in length for special work.

The Peary type of sledge is from twelve to thirteen feet in length, two feet in width, and seven inches in height; the Eskimo type of sledge is nine feet in length, two feet in width, and seven inches in height.