20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Ep.1
I am professor Pierre Aronnax, of Natural History, and the author of the much acclaimed book ‘Mysteries of the Ocean Depths’.I am considered an expert on understand life. I remember the year 1866, which was marked by mysterious events at sea.
Ships from many countries met ‘an enoemous thing’ hundreds of feet long! This enormous, unidentified ‘thing’ was first seen in July 1866, off the coast of Astralia.
Pirate 2
What on earth is it? It must be some sea monster!
In 1867,this sea monster ceased being a scientific problem and became a real denger.Merchant steamers and passenger ships were being struck and destroyed by it!
Was it a ... rock? A reef? Or a sea monster??? One ship, the Scotia was examined by engineers after one such incident. They were shocked to find a triangular hole in her thick steel hull
When I analysed all these different sea accident on the map, I was amazed to find...
Professor Aronnax
If this giant creature is seen each time at different location around the world at such short intervals, it means that it moves at an unbelievable speed. What can this creature be?
Professor Aronnax
It must be the narwhal–a whale, which can grow to length of sixty feet. It has a tusk as hard as steel.
My mind was junggling with this thought when Conseil, my servant,came in with a letter.
It was an invitation from the United States government to join an expedition, aimed at getting rid of the terrible sea monster. A warship, the ABRAHAM LINCOLN was being sent to track down and kill the creature.
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