The Phantom of the Poles #887858

The Phantom of the Poles is a speculative science book written by William Reed and first published in 1906. It presents an unusual and now-debunked theory: that the Earth is hollow and contains large openings at both the North and South Poles.

William Reed (1830–1920) was an American author best known for his 1906 book The Phantom of the Poles, in which he advocated the Hollow Earth theory — the idea that the Earth is hollow and accessible through openings at the North and South Poles.