An ancient parchment bearing a mysterious cryptogram maps the most hazardous journey of Professor Lidenbrock`s career. With his nephew and a guide the Professor travels to Iceland. Their journey to the centre of the earth begins on the summit of a volcano and takes them down through secret passages, across a desolate underground sea populated by prehistoric marine monsters, on what may be a voyage of no return. Few writers have conveyed the sheer excitement of exploration and discovery so grippingly as Jules Verne. The great science fiction writer Arthur wrote: "The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who have ever lived; and "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" is a particularly flawless specimen of his art".