WEBVTT 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:14.520 journey to the center of the Earth chapter 1 the mysterious message was a 00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:20.800 quiet afternoon in Hamburg when Professor Otto Liden Brock, famous scientist and man with an 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.480 impatient character, returned home with an old book under his arm, he had just bought it from an 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:33.720 antique dealer, I, his nephew Axel, was used to his sudden enthusiasms but this time he seemed more 00:00:33.720 --> 00:00:40.400 agitated than usual inside the book hidden between the pages we found a yellowed sheet written 00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:46.760 with strange signs "it's an encrypted message" exclaimed the professor with eyes that they shone he spent 00:00:46.760 --> 00:00:53.840 hours studying it without drinking or eating "I tried to calm him down but it was impossible curiosity 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:03.400 consumed him finally by observing carefully he understood something it was an ancient Icelandic code with effort and a bit 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:10.160 of luck we managed to decipher it together the words that appeared left us breathless 00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:16.920 they spoke of a passage to the center of the Earth hidden inside an extinct volcano in Iceland 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:23.280 the professor had no doubts we had to leave immediately I tried to protest but he was already 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:30.160 up packing papers and instruments that night he didn't sleep and if it was true if 00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:36.040 there really was a path that leads to the heart of our planet a shiver ran down my 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:44.800 spine we had just opened the door of a mystery chapter 2 preparations for the adventure 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:51.520 the next day the professor's house looked like a crazy laboratory compasses ropes picks maps 00:01:51.520 --> 00:02:00.920 and supplies occupied every corner lidenbrock was unstoppable I on the other hand was full of doubts 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:06.920 a journey to the center of the Earth seemed madness but opposing it was useless when my uncle 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.920 had an idea in his head nothing stopped him after a few days we were already traveling towards Iceland 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:21.000 the island of ice and fire we crossed rough seas dirt roads and desolate landscapes 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:29.400 until we arrived in Reikavik the capital there the professor looked for an expert guide and found Hans 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:35.760 a tall man silent and strong as a rock he didn't speak much but his eyes said 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:42.840 we could trust with Hans at our side we headed towards the Sneffels volcano mentioned in the 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:50.840 message it was huge imposing covered in snow but now inactive for centuries according to the message only 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:56.160 on a specific day of the year when the shadow of a certain peak touched the crater we could 00:02:56.160 --> 00:03:02.120 find the entrance we camped at the foot of the volcano waiting for that moment the sun 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:09.080 was high the shadows were getting longer the professor was watching impatiently I was holding my breath the moment 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:19.400 of truth was about to arrive chapter 3 inside the volcano finally the awaited day arrived the 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.720 sun was high in the sky and the professor with the manuscript in his hands was observing the crater 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:33.440 carefully suddenly he pointed to a large rock there is the shadow of Scartaris the entrance it's 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:42.000 below us" he said enthusiastically without wasting time we began the descent the crater was deep 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:49.400 slippery and dark the sun's rays disappeared as we descended lower and lower between walls 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:57.840 of lava rock and absolute silence each step rumbled like thunder hans drove calmly 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:05.320 without ever making mistakes the professor wrote down every detail I tried to stay calm but 00:04:05.320 --> 00:04:11.800 fear grew inside me and if we never found the way back if we ended up buried 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:19.960 down there after hours of walking through narrow and slippery tunnels we would we stopped to rest the professor 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:27.880 was happy as a child I was destroyed by fatigue I drank a sip of water and looked up 00:04:27.880 --> 00:04:35.800 the sky was now only a memory just when I thought that nothing could surprise me more Hans 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:44.560 showed us a fork in the tunnel two roads two opposite directions but which one led to the center 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:53.320 of the Earth the silence was broken only by a distant echo chapter 4 lost underground in front 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:59.640 of us two tunnels opened up the professor without hesitation chose the right path "according to 00:04:59.640 --> 00:05:06.480 the calculate this is the right way" Hans said confidently I followed him I followed them full of 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:13.040 doubts we walked for now in an unreal silence interrupted only by our steps and the noise 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:18.280 of the drops of water falling from the rocks the heat increased and the air became 00:05:18.280 --> 00:05:25.760 heavier and heavier then suddenly the tunnel ended in a closed wall a dead end the 00:05:25.760 --> 00:05:33.840 furious professor refused to go back but it was the only choice so reluctantly we resumed the 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:41.800 I walk backwards and that's exactly when it happened while I was looking for water I took a 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:51.240 side path and got lost I called out I screamed no response my heart was beating hard only underground without 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:58.640 light or direction the silence was deafening I walked randomly for hours without knowing where I was going 00:05:58.640 --> 00:06:07.520 the water was over hope also then an idea if I had shouted in a narrow tunnel the echo 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:16.160 could have carried the sound to the other liden Brock I shouted waited after a long silence 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:27.080 a voice was far away but it was him I still had a chance chapter 5 the underground world 00:06:27.080 --> 00:06:33.440 following his uncle's voice he finally managed to find the right path after hours of walking 00:06:33.440 --> 00:06:41.200 in the dark seeing the faces of Hans and the professor was an immense relief we hugged each other without words 00:06:41.760 --> 00:06:47.960 we had passed our first real test we resumed our journey along a new tunnel 00:06:47.960 --> 00:06:54.400 that seemed to go down even deeper the air became cooler then something 00:06:54.400 --> 00:07:02.560 incredible happened a strange light like a blue dawn began to illuminate the tunnel we walked faster 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:10.560 driven by curiosity suddenly an enormous cave opened in front of us it was immense 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:16.200 like another world beneath the surface of the Earth an underground sea extended to 00:07:16.200 --> 00:07:22.440 the horizon the light waves moved under a stone sky on the banks 00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:29.320 giant mushrooms grew fossil trees and ancient plants like those of the time of the dinosaurs "it's impossible" 00:07:29.320 --> 00:07:35.680 I whispered "but it was all true the professor was ecstatic he decided that we would cross that 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:41.320 sea to see where it led we built a raft with the materials found in the cave and 00:07:41.320 --> 00:07:49.840 the next day we set sail the silence was profound broken only by the lapping of the water but under 00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:59.480 that calm something was moving and he was watching us chapter 6 prehistoric creatures 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:04.720 our raft was slowly sliding on the sea Liden Brock as my 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:10.320 uncle had already christened it around us the darkness was broken only by flashes of electric light that crossed the 00:08:10.320 --> 00:08:18.760 rocky sky yes lightning under the ground it seemed impossible and yet everything was real we rowed in 00:08:18.760 --> 00:08:26.440 silence attentive to every movement of the water then suddenly a gigantic creature emerged a 00:08:26.440 --> 00:08:32.520 marine reptile with the head similar to that of a crocodile and the body of a whale immediately 00:08:32.520 --> 00:08:38.760 after a second monster emerged from another part of the sea we stopped breathless while the two 00:08:38.760 --> 00:08:44.480 animals were getting closer to each other they hadn't noticed us they were fighting the waves 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:51.840 were growing the raft was swaying dangerously screams splashes prehistoric roars it was a clash 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:57.800 between titans like in the time of the dinosaurs after a furious battle the waters calmed down 00:08:57.800 --> 00:09:04.880 the monsters had disappeared leaving us shocked but alive we resumed our journey more cautious than ever 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:11.520 after hours of sailing a storm suddenly hit us lightning strong winds waves 00:09:11.520 --> 00:09:19.120 as high as houses a lightning hit the raft everything went black when I reopened my eyes I was alone 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:27.120 on an unknown beach chapter 7 under lost continents I got up with difficulty on the 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:33.520 beach soaked and confused the underground sea stretched behind me calm and silent as if 00:09:33.520 --> 00:09:41.560 nothing had happened I called my uncle I called Hans no answer I was alone again but at least I was 00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:47.800 alive I walked along the coast looking for traces of my companions at a certain point 00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:54.720 I glimpsed fresh footprints on the sand they were Hans's I wasn't sure I had almost reached them 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:00.600 walking again I found myself in front of an incredible landscape giant bones scattered on the ground 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:06.880 skeletons of animals that had been extinct for millions of years and then a human skull at least three times the size 00:10:06.880 --> 00:10:13.160 of the normal one it was possible that gigantic prehistoric men had existed down here I arrived 00:10:13.160 --> 00:10:19.840 in an underground forest where the vegetation was dense strange silent huge leaves 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:28.520 luminous mosses then I heard voices I ran towards the sound and there I found my uncle and Hans were alive 00:10:28.520 --> 00:10:34.280 we hugged each other in relief and in disbelief the professor wasted no time "we are walking under a 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:41.640 lost continent" he said enthusiastically "maybe Atlantis itself?" But the joy did not last long a little 00:10:41.640 --> 00:10:50.080 further on the earth was shaking a deep rumble rose from the ground something was about to explode 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:57.360 chapter 8 the unexpected return the ground was shaking more and more strongly the walls of the cave 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:04.920 boulders creaked and fell around us an eruption shouted the professor we had to escape 00:11:04.920 --> 00:11:10.560 but there was no way out only a narrow and steep tunnel that rose upwards with no 00:11:10.560 --> 00:11:18.240 alternative we threw ourselves in that direction the heat increased with every step the noise of the magma 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:27.800 became deafening we climbed we climbed driven by fear and hope the walls were red hot the 00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:35.960 sweat covered our faces then suddenly an enormous push lifted us from the ground we were 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:42.560 inside a geiser an enormous column of steam shot us upwards like rockets I don't remember anything else 00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:50.800 just light noise and then darkness when I reopened my eyes I was lying on the grass real grass 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:59.600 real sun fresh air we were on a hill a farmer was looking at us surprised "you came out of the 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:06.360 Stromboli crater" he said we had climbed up another volcano from Italy 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:12.400 we had crossed the planet the professor wrote it all down with pride no one would 00:12:12.400 --> 00:12:18.920 ever believe it but we knew the truth we had traveled to the center of the Earth and we had 00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:31.000 returned several times stronger and with a secret that no one could ever have delete it