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William Reed develops an interpretation of polar exploration in which the Earth contains a vast interior reached through openings near the poles. He gathers observations reported by explorers and travellers and arranges them around questions about the appearance, climate and physical conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
The chapters consider subjects such as the behaviour of compasses, unusual warmth, drifting materials, ice and the lights of the polar sky. Reed reads these accounts through his proposed picture of the Earth, drawing connections between particular reports and the larger geographical structure that he argues they reveal.
Published in 1906, the work belongs to the history of hollow-Earth literature and the imaginative response to regions that were still being explored. Its illustrations and its references to expedition narratives are integral to the presentation. This edition preserves the complete historical scan, allowing readers to follow Reed's argument, the observations he selected and the visual material used to explain his model.