On deck, Ned tries to identify himself to the warships as the messages sender.
Having had a change of heart, Nemo wants to make peace with the world.Īs Nautilus nears Vulcania, Nemo finds it surrounded by warships, with marines climbing up its steep slopes. Nemo is caught in one of its long tentacles, and Ned, having escaped from captivity, fatally harpoons the giant, saving Nemo. After an electric charge fails to repel the creature, Nemo and his men surface during a violent storm to dislodge it. Nemo confines Ned to the brig for disobeying his orders.Ī warship later fires upon Nautilus, which descends into the depths, attracting a giant squid. Aboard Nautilus, the cannibals are repelled by an electrical charge sent through its hull. Ned quickly rejoins Conseil, and they row away, pursued by cannibals. Ned instead goes exploring for avenues of escape, and finds human skulls posted on stakes. Nemo allows Ned to go ashore with Conseil, ostensibly to collect specimens, while admonishing them to stay on the beach. Off the coast of New Guinea, Nautilus becomes stranded on a reef. In Nemo's cabin, Ned and Conseil discover the coordinates of Nemo's secret island base, Vulcania, and Ned releases messages in bottles overboard. Nemo tells Aronnax that he has saved thousands from death in war, and that this "hated nation" tortured his wife and son to death while attempting to force him to reveal his discoveries. Nautilus rams the steamer at sea, destroying it, and killing the crew.
Nemo was a prisoner, as were many of his crew. Nemo takes them to the penal colony island of Rura Penthe, where the prisoners are loading a munitions ship. After Aronnax proves willing to die with his companions, Nemo allows Ned and Conseil to remain aboard. He returns Ned and Conseil to the deck while offering Aronnax, whom he recognizes, the chance to stay. The captain introduces himself as Nemo, master of the Nautilus. Ned, Aronnax, and Conseil attempt to leave in the righted longboat, but the divers surface and stop them. Aronnax resists leaving just long enough to be spotted by the funeral's divers. Going aboard, Aronnax finds a large viewport and witnesses an underwater funeral, while Ned Land arrives on an overturned longboat from their ship. Clinging to floating wreckage, Aronnax and Conseil come upon a metal vessel and realize the "monster" is a man-made "submerging boat" that appears deserted. The crippled frigate drifts away, unable to respond to their cries for help. Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax are thrown overboard. The frigate's guncrew open fire with their heavy Dahlgren cannon, and the "monster" turns and rams the warship. They are joined by cocky master-harpooner Ned Land.Īfter months of patrolling, a steamship in the distance explodes when the frigate arrives, the "monster" is spotted. Navy frigate on an expedition to investigate the reports. Professor Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, board a U.S.
In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster which attacks ships in the Pacific Ocean, disrupting shipping lanes.