Journey To The Center Of The Earth Page #2

Something tells me you got it covered.

"Descend, bold traveler,

into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels...

...which the shadow of Scartaris touches

before the kalends of July...

...and you will attain

the center of the Earth."

Ooh.

Sorry.

What are you doing?

I'm deciphering these notations

that your father made in this book.

I think there's a code

behind the pairing of letters.

It might have something to do

with the periodic table.

For instance, I've got S-A, I-S, G-G.

I believe that P-B is on the periodic table

and that's plumbum.

- Plumbum means lead.

- What's "Sigurbjrn sgeirsson"?

What?

Well, it's right here. Read it down.

Sigurbjrn sgeirsson.

Oh. Uh...

Sigurbjrn sgeirsson, that's...

That's a clue. Maybe that's a place.

It could be a thing.

- What are you doing?

- I am Googling at 30,000 feet.

- Are you supposed to be doing that?

- Welcome to the 21 st century.

- Okay. Here.

- It's a person.

"Sigurbjrn sgeirsson,

executive director...

...of sgeirsson Institute

for Progressive Volcanology."

Max would've known this guy.

I knew it was a good thing to bring you.

His institute has gotta be our first stop.

Are we there yet?

If you mean annoying, yeah, we're there.

- You know, you're going kind of slow.

- I'm going kind of safe.

I just saw a goat in the passing lane.

When's the whole adventure thing

gonna begin?

Let me give you something fun to do.

Navigate.

Where are we?

Have we passed Havanschlicht?

- Havanschlicht?

- Yeah.

I don't know.

Have we passed Eingarsstadir?

- I don't know.

- Reynivr?

- I don't know.

- Hsavk?

No.

- Grundarhol?

No.

- Stifflarschtarder?

Stifflardschtarder?

How about Koldukardarskinoquue?

- What?

We're definitely lost.

- We're not lost.

Just look for an institution.

What's an institution look like?

- I don't know, it looks big and institutional.

It's gotta be around here somewhere.

Hey, look, there's a little shack up there.

We can stop there and ask for directions.

- We're not lost.

- Oh, no, definitely not.

What's this? A ski shack?

"sgeirsson...

...lnstitute for Progressive Volcanology."

I told you I'd find it.

Alrighty.

- Not too shabby.

- All right.

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't speak Icelandic.

- Hi, can I help you?

- Hello.

- I'm Hannah.

- Oh, how do you do? Hi.

I'm Trev... Professor Anderson.

I'm visiting from America. Um...

- This is Sean, my nephew.

- I'm Sean.

Hi, Sean.

I was wondering if I could

possibly speak with, forgive me here...

...Sigurbjrn sgeirsson?

Um...

Well, Sigurbjrn sgeirsson is dead.

- Dead?

- Yeah, he died three winters ago.

Oh. Uh...

So do you run the institute?

Nobody does. There is no institute.

- There's a sign down the road that says...

- Progressive volcanology was a failed idea.

Like, you know, the Berlin Wall

and eight-track tapes.

I see.

Well, did you work with him?

No, no. He was my father.

Yeah? I know it. What about it?

Well, this book belonged

to my late brother, Max.

Max Anderson?

We believe that he may have been

in contact with your father.

- Your brother was a Vernian.

- What's a Vernian?

Someone that believes that the writings

of Jules Verne were actual fact.

I mean, the guy

was a science fiction writer.

And yet this society of believers

regarded Verne like a visionary.

My father

was the biggest Vernian of them all.

My brother was no Vernian.

This was my father's copy.

Take a look.

See, the markings are exactly the same.

Your brother was a Vernian.

Wow, my dad was kind of out there.

- You didn't know him, Sean.

- I'm starting to think you didn't either.

He was no member

of some secret society.

- What are you guys doing here?

- I'm a scientist, I'm a professor.

I'm here because there are seismic sensors

going off 30 klicks north of here...

...that we think

that we should check into.

And that's the reason that we're here,

plain and simple.

Okay.

You know,

there are no roads to the north.

Well...

I'm a mountain guide.

I can take you there, professor.

- Great.

- That's great, I love hiking.

- I would appreciate that. That'd be great.

- Good.

- Call me Trevor.

- You can call me Sean.

So it will be 5000 kronur to go up there.

Five grand a day? No problem.

An hour.

Do you accept rolls of quarters?

Come on, boys.

I wanna be home by sundown.

Hey, you think you can slow down

a little bit, please?

- Dibs.

- What?

I got dibs on the mountain guide.

- You're 13.

- Sorry, called it.

- Thirteen-year-olds don't get dibs.

- Get over it.

We're getting closer.

All right, just watch your step there.

Mount Sneffels is deceptively treacherous.

- What's Sneffels?

- Well, why don't you tell him, professor?

Sneffels is the name of the mountain

where this character Liedenbrock...

...apparently found a portal

to the center of the Earth.

Let's just find that sensor of yours,

professor.

There it is.

Yes.

Well, what do you need to do with it?

I gotta unlock it.

It's got, like, a black box...

...that has recorded

all of the seismic activity...

...that's transpired in the last 10 years.

Could tell me a lot about Max.

And what he was doing

when he went missing.

Trevor, I'm really sorry,

we're gonna have to go now.

Must be corroded.

Trevor, we need to... Whoa.

Okay, we need to take cover.

Come on, Sean. Right now.

I'll be right there.

- Trevor, just leave it for now.

- I've almost got it.

We need to take cover now.

Come on. Trevor.

- Uncle Trevor.

- Get in here.

- Yes. Oh!

- Watch out.

Hurry up. Come on.

Trevor,

the sensor's attracting the lightning.

- Drop it. Drop the sensor.

- What? I'm not gonna drop it.

Hurry!

- It's attracting the lightning!

Trevor?

- Trevor?

- I'm all right.

Sean?

- Sean, you all right?

- I'm good.

- Okay, everybody, just stay calm.

- Guys, come on, you gotta help me dig.

Come on.

- Forget it, it's no use.

- Forget it?

She's right.

There must be about 60 or 70 tons

of boulders on top of us.

Take us about a month

to dig out of here.

- We have to find another way.

- What if there is no other way?

There's always another way, Sean.

What else have you got?

Signal flares, first aid, some rope, blankets

and a couple of protein bars.

But they're on a ration.

- Don't know how long we'll be trapped for.

- Trapped? Is that what we are?

She... No, she didn't mean that.

- Sean, hey, what are you doing?

- God, I'm not getting any service.

Sean, you're not gonna get any signal

down here, okay?

Put this away.

Okay, don't worry about it.

- We'll find another way out, all right?

- Okay.

One of these

might snake back to the surface.

How do we know which one to take?

My gut says we go right.

Come on.

Looks promising.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

We'll be out of here in no time.

Looking good.

Don't worry, direction is my sixth sense.

Pay attention, Sean.

It's just like doing field work.

I used to love doing field work.

- Watch out.

- Ah!

You're not studying rocks in a lab,

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