Despite remaining aground, Nemo is unconcerned and the cannibals are repelled from the ship by electrical charges circulated on its hull. Realizing his danger, Ned runs for his life and rejoins Conseil as they are chased back to the Nautilus by cannibals. While kneeling at a pool to drink, he sees a number of human skulls on stakes. Ned goes off alone to explore avenues of escape.

Ned is surprised when Nemo allows him to go ashore with Conseil, ostensibly to collect specimens. Off the coast of New Guinea, the Nautilus becomes stranded on a reef. Ned discovers the coordinates of Nemo's secret island base, Vulcania, and releases messages in bottles, hoping somebody will find them and free him from captivity. An anguished Nemo tells Arronax that his actions have saved thousands from death in war he also discloses that this 'hated nation' tortured his wife and son to death while attempting to force him to reveal the secrets of his work. The Nautilus rams the ship, destroying its cargo and killing the crew. The prisoners are loading a munitions ship. Nemo reveals he was once a prisoner there, as were many of his crew. Nemo takes Aronnax to the penal colony island of Rura Penthe. When Nemo determines that Aronnax would die with his companions, he allows Ned and Conseil to board the submarine. He returns Ned and Conseil to the deck, while offering Aronnax, whom he recognizes for his work and research, the chance to stay. The captain introduces himself as Nemo, master of the Nautilus. Ned, Aronnax, and Conseil then attempt to leave in their lifeboat, but the submarine crew returns to their ship, capturing the castaways. Inside, Aronnax finds a viewing window and sees an underwater funeral. The three drift in the ocean, eventually finding a strange-looking metal vessel, and realize the 'monster' is a man-made 'submerging boat' that appears deserted. The warship, burning and helpless, drifts silently and no one on board answers when the overboard passengers cry for help. Ned and Aronnax are thrown overboard, and Conseil goes in after Aronnax. Though the ship fires at it with cannons, the monster rams the ship. One of their fellow crew is the cocky master harpooner Ned Land.Īfter months of searching, the 'monster' is spotted.

The United States government invites Professor Pierre Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, on an expedition to prove or disprove the monster's existence. In 1868, rumors of a sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean have created apprehension and fear among sailors, disrupting shipping lanes.

10000 leagues under the sea