![]() ![]() When they return to Edinburgh, they are hailed as heroes. It finally reaches the surface, where the explorers are ejected, coming down away from the lava eruption. The bowl floats toward the passage and is finally driven upward at great speed by a lava plume. A giant lizard attacks, but is buried under molten lava released by the explosion. Lindenbrook decides to blow up the obstruction with gunpowder left by Saknussemm, and they take shelter in a large sacrificial altar bowl. While a strong updraft suggests it leads directly to the surface, a huge rock partially blocks the way. They also find the skeleton of Arne Saknussemm, whose right hand points toward a volcanic chimney. Right behind the collapse, the group comes upon the ruins of the sunken city of Atlantis. Reeling back, Saknussemm inadvertently loosens a column of large stones and is buried beneath them, killing him. When Hans finds out, he rushes at the count. While the others are asleep, a hungry Saknussemm catches and eats Gertrud. Now completely exhausted, they reach the opposite shore. The professor deduces that this must be the center of the Earth: The magnetic forces of north and south meet there and are powerful enough to snatch away even the gold in their rings and tooth fillings. Their raft begins circling in a large mid-ocean whirlpool. They construct a raft to cross it, but not before narrowly escaping a family of large dimetrodons. The explorers eventually come upon a subterranean ocean. No one is willing to execute him, however, so they reluctantly take him along. Lindenbrook locates them through the gunshot's echoes and, after a quick trial for murder, sentences Saknussemm to death. When Alec refuses to take the place of Saknussemm's servant, who has died from overexertion, Saknussemm shoots Alec in the arm. When Alec becomes separated from the others, he comes upon Saknussemm. He and his manservant trail the group secretly. Göteborg's murderer, Count Saknussemm, believes that, as Saknussemm's descendant, only he has the right to be there. On a specific date, they mark the sunrise's exact location on Snæfellsjökull and descend into the Earth from there, following markings left by Saknussemm. Hans and Gertrud also join the new expedition. ![]() She provides the equipment and supplies that her husband had accumulated, including much sought after Ruhmkorff lamps, but only on the condition that she accompanies them to protect her husband's reputation. Göteborg's widow, Carla, who initially believed Lindenbrook was trying to capitalize on her deceased husband's work, learns the truth. Lindenbrook finds potassium cyanide crystals in Göteborg's goatee and concludes that he was murdered. They later find Göteborg dead in his hotel room. They are freed by local Hans Bjelke and his pet duck Gertrud. There, Göteborg and his assistant kidnap and imprison them in a cellar. Lindenbrook and McEwan chase him to Iceland. Professor Göteborg, upon receiving correspondence from Lindenbrook regarding the message, attempts to reach the Earth's center first. After translating the message, Lindenbrook immediately sets off with Alec to follow in the Icelandic pioneer's footsteps. Lindenbrook and Alec discover that it was left by a scientist named Arne Saknussemm, who, almost 100 years earlier, had found a passage to the center of the Earth by descending into the volcano Snæfellsjökull, in western Iceland. Finding the rock unusually heavy, Lindenbrook discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription. In 1880 Edinburgh, Professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook, a geologist at the University of Edinburgh, is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student, Alec McEwan, who is in love with Lindenbrook's niece Jenny. ![]()
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