This short narration is from pages 53 – 55 of the book Our Hollow Earth by Dr. Raymond Bernard.
This narration is brief and second hand- it doesn't offer absolute proof of a hollow Earth existence. At the same time, it does seem to confirm the idea that Vedic Culture remains in the interior of the Earth and that the residents have retained a pre Kali Yuga height, lifespan, etc., being sheltered from planetary/solar rays ( Kala ). The personal testimony of Olaf Jansen, another Norwegian explorer who " wandered in," offers more details.
" Dr. Nephi Cottom of Los Angeles reported that one of his patients, a man of Nordic descent, told him the following story:
'I lived near the Arctic Circle in Norway. One summer my friend and I made up our minds to take a boat trip together, and go as far as we could into the North country. So we put one month’s food provisions in a small fishing boat, and with sail and also a good engine in our boat, we put to sea.
At the end of one month, we had traveled far into the North, beyond the pole and into a strange, new country. We were much astonished at the weather there. Warm, and at times at night, it was almost too warm to sleep. [ Artic explorers who penetrated into the far North have made similar reports of warm weather, at times warm enough to make them shed their heavy clothing- Raymond Bernard ] Then we saw something so strange that we were both astonished. Ahead of the warm, open sea we were [ coming up on ] on what looked like a great mountain. Into that mountain at a certain point the ocean seemed to be emptying. Mystified, we continued in that direction until we found ourselves sailing into a vast canyon leading into the interior of the Earth. We kept sailing and then we saw what surprised us- a sun shining inside the Earth!
The ocean that carried us into the hollow interior of the Earth gradually became a river. This river led, as we came to realise later, all through the inner surface of the world from one end to the other. It can take you, if you follow it long enough, from the North Pole clear through to the South Pole.
We saw that the inner surface of the Earth was divided, as the other on is, into both land and water. There is plenty of sunshine and both animal and vegetable life abounds there. We sailed further and further into this fantastic country, fantastic as everything was huge in size as compared with things on the outside. Plants are big, trees gigantic and finally we came to giants.
They were dwelling in homes and towns, just as we do on the Earth’s surface. And they used a type of electrical conveyance like a mono-rail car, to transport people. It ran along the river’s edge from town to town.
Several of the inner Earth inhabitants, huge giants, detected our boat in the river, and were quite amazed. They were, however, quite friendly. We were invited to dine with them in their homes, and so my companion and I separated, he going with one giant to that giant’s home and I going with another giant to that giant’s home.
My gigantic friend brought me home to his family, and I was completely dismayed to see the huge size of the objects in his home. The dinner table was colosal. A plate was put before me and filled with a portion of food so big it would have fed me abundantly for an entire week. The giant offered me a cluster of grapes and each grape was as big as one of our peaches. I tasted one and found it far sweeter than any I had tasted “outside.” In the interior of the Earth all the fruits and vegetables taste far better and more flavorsome than those we have on the outer surface of the Earth.
We stayed with the giants for one year, enjoying their companionship as much as they enjoyed knowing us. We observed many strange and unusual things during our visit with these remarkable people, and were continually amazed at their scientific progress and inventions. All of this time they were never unfriendly to us, and we were allowed to return to our own homes in the same manner in which we came- in fact, they courteously offered their protection should we need it for the return voyage.'”