Topic: Olaf Janssen

Two influential pieces of inner-earth literature are analyzed: The Smoky God and Etidorhpa. The Smoky God tells the 19th-century tale of Olaf Janssen, a Norwegian who allegedly sailed into a polar opening. Etidorhpa (Aphrodite spelled backward) describes a journey through Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to a region of near-zero gravity, which Osman finds mathematically intriguing despite the story's age.

Harry Hubbard expresses doubt regarding the claims of explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Frederick Cook reaching the North Pole, citing jagged ice conditions that would prevent sled travel. He references the "Smoky God" legend of Olaf Janssen but remains skeptical due to a lack of physical evidence. The segment also mentions Brooks Agnew's attempts to mount a modern North Pole expedition.

Arctic explorers like Nansen and Olaf Janssen reported seeing a copper-colored, nebulous sun on the wrong horizon during the polar night. This internal sun is theorized to be an agglomeration of photon aggregates and electrons that pass through the Earth's crust and congregate in the central cavity.

Olaf Janssen and his father allegedly sailed their fishing sloop into the inner earth in 1848, discovering a Mediterranean climate and a race of friendly giants. Janssen described these inhabitants as Nordic-looking people who spoke a language similar to Sanskrit and lived in a world of perpetual light.