Lidenbrock is at first enraged, but then cheerfully decides to plow onward. ![]() It is not long, though, before the compass reveals that they actually ended up on the same side from whence they began. Finally the storm quiets and deposits Axel and the others on the other side of the sea. They only survive by lashing themselves down. An electric ball alights on the explorers' raft and flames burst out. The adventurers are tossed about on the waves thunder and lightning sound and spark all around. On their watery route, they see a battle between massive, ancient creatures-the ichthyosaur and plesiosaur.Īs the journey continues, the weather shifts and a massive storm begins. The explorers know that they have to cross a sea and do so, but this sea is much larger than they expect. In addition, there are more forms of fungi and bizarre plants. There they see huge mushrooms, which are identified as the giant champignons. The travelers soon come to the shore of a vast underground sea. Thankfully, an auditory trick (much like the use of sound in cathedrals and caverns) allows them to reconnect. After Hans drills a hole in the wall, a small brook flows forth: this body of water is named after Hans.Īt one point in the journey, Axel is separated from his uncle and guide he despairs that he will die of hunger and thirst in the dark cavern. He finds a source that flows through the wall of a cliff and leads the others there. Hans leaves his companions to go in search of water. He is intrigued, though, that he and his fellow adventurers seem to be venturing back into the prehistoric past in terms of geology. Throughout this stage, Axel is exceedingly anxious and pessimistic. Meanwhile, their supply of water runs out and it seems that the expedition is doomed to fail. ![]() When they reach a crossroads, Lidenbrock first chooses the wrong route this initial path is a dead end and they are forced to turn back. They manage to penetrate the depths of the Earth. The three of them climb the volcano crater and find a slope downward. In Reykjavik they hire a guide named Hans, a placid and stoic man of large size. Lidenbrock and Axel leave Hamburg and travel to Iceland. Axel is reluctant until his fiancée Grauben, his uncle’s ward, tells him that he ought to make the excursion. Lidenbrock immediately starts planning the journey and tells his nephew to come along as well. ![]() Axel knows that his uncle will want to make a similar attempt and decides not to tell him of the find, but eventually gives in. Arne Saknussemm reports that the traveler who climbs up on the crater of Snæfells volcano can get into the center of the Earth he apparently undertook this journey himself. ![]() Luckily, Axel manages to decrypt the document. The professor wants to decipher the message but has trouble doing so. Lidenbrock is excited, and believes that Saknussemm wants to share a scientific discovery. On May 24, 1863, Lidenbrock consults a recently-acquired runic manuscript of the 12th century and discovers an encrypted message from 16th-century Icelandic alchemist Arne Saknussemm. WarnerBros.Axel, the enthusiastic and excitable nephew of the illustrious professor and mineralogist Otto Lidenbrock, narrates the tale of the journey to the center of the Earth.
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