The Smoky God

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HOME TITLES GENRES AUTHORS LANGUAGES NEW TITLES RECOMMENDED POPULAR The Smoky God or, A Voyage to the Inner World Cover image for Download download author: Willis George Emerson published: 1908 language: English wordcount: 16,381 / 52 pg flesch-kincaid reading ease: 56.7 loc category: PS downloads: 5,543 mnybks.net#: 2510 origin: gutenberg.org genre: Fantasy Read Online in Browser Here A true account of the Norwegian sailor Olaf Jansen and how he sailed his sloop through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole. It is notable as an early source for the belief in underground civilizations. The old Norseman also maintained that from the farthest points of land on the islands of Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land, flocks of geese may be seen annually flying still farther northward, just as the sailors and explorers record in their log-books. No scientist has yet been audacious enough to attempt to explain, even to his own satisfaction, toward what lands these winged fowls are guided by their subtle instinct. However, Olaf Jansen has given us a most reasonable explanation. The presence of the open sea in the Northland is also explained. Olaf Jansen claims that the northern aperture, intake or hole, so to speak, is about fourteen hundred miles across