Art, Symbol & Imagination
A Sailing Ship beneath the Ice Cliffs
A sailing ship sits beneath towering pale walls covered with long hanging ice formations. The huge cliff face almost encloses the vessel. Reed reproduces the scene within his discussion of the way water, land and ice appear reflected in polar skies.
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Illustrator not identified. "A Sailing Ship beneath the Ice Cliffs" [editorial title]. In The Phantom of the Poles, William Reed. New York: Walter S. Rockey Company, 1906; complete IAPSOP historical scan, including the author’s portrait and final page 283., 1906, Walter S. Rockey Company. Source scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0058
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
An illustration from William Reed’s historical hollow-Earth argument. The source’s polar geography and proposed openings are speculative claims, not established geography.
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The Phantom of the PolesWilliam Reed1906More from this book
William Reed: Portrait of the Hollow-Earth Author
William Reed’s Hollow-Earth Diagram
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Illustrator not identified. A Sailing Ship beneath the Ice Cliffs. The Phantom of the Poles. Scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0058