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Lidenbrock departs for Iceland immediately, taking the reluctant Axel with him. After a swift trip via [[Kiel]] and [[Copenhagen]], they arrive in [[Reykjavík]]. There they hire as their guide Icelander Hans Bjelke, a Danish-speaking [[Common eider|eider]]duck hunter, then travel overland to the base of [[Snæfellsjökull]].

In late June they reach the volcano and set off into the bowels of the earth, encountering many dangers and strange phenomena. After taking a wrong turn, they run short of water and Axel nearly perishes, but Hans saves them all by tapping into a [[subterranean river]], which shoots out a stream of water that Lidenbrock and Axel name the "Hansbach" in the guide's honor.[[File:'Journey to the Center of the Earth' by Édouard Riou 03.jpg|thumb|[[Édouard Riou]]'s illustration of a [[Mosasaurus]' (or an outdated version of the [[ichthyosaurusIchthyosaurus]]) battling a [[plesiosaurusPlesiosaurus]].]]

Following the course of the Hansbach, the explorers descend many miles and reach an underground world, with an ocean and a vast ceiling with clouds, as well as a permanent [[Aurora]] giving light. The travelers build a raft out of semipetrified wood and set sail. While at sea, they encounter prehistoric fish such as ''[[Pterichthyodes]]'' (here called "Pterichthys") ''[[Dipterus]]'' (referred to as "Dipterides") and giant marine reptiles from the ageAge of dinosaursthe [[Dinosaur]]s, namely an ''[[Ichthyosaurus]]'' and a ''[[Plesiosaurus]]''. A lightning storm threatens to destroy the raft and its passengers, but instead throws them onto the site of an enormous fossil graveyard, including bones from the ''[[Pterodactylus]]'', ''[[Megatherium]]'', ''[[Deinotherium]], [[Glyptodon]],'' a [[mastodon]] and the preserved body of a prehistoric man.

Lidenbrock and Axel venture into a forest featuring primitive vegetation from the [[Tertiary Period]]; in its depths they are stunned to find a prehistoric humanoid more than twelve feet in height and watching over a herd of mastodons. Fearing they may be hostile, they leave the forest.