Art, Symbol & Imagination
Rock on Ice
Several dark stones lie across a broad pale iceberg above ridged sides and open water. A detached piece of ice floats beside the larger formation. Reed uses the illustration to advance his own volcanic explanation for rocks found on polar ice.
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Illustrator not identified. "Rock on Ice" [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 118. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0118
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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. Rock on Ice. The Phantom of the Poles. Scan leaf 118. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0118