After a mysterious sea monster damages an ocean liner, the US government
assembles a team in New York City to track down the creature and destroy
it. French marine biologist Pierre Aronnax receives a last-minute
invitation, as does Canadian harpoonist Ned Land. They leave aboard the
Abraham Lincoln, bound for Cape Horn and then the Pacific Ocean.
But all is not as it seems. When they find the monster and attack, the
Abraham Lincoln is damaged, and Aronnax and Land end up thrown onto
the monster's hide. Where they expect to find flesh, there is metal. The
monster they have been hunting is in fact a submarine called the
Nautilus, captained by a mysterious renegade named Nemo. Aronnax and
Land are swiftly taken captive aboard the impossible vessel, which then
dives deep beneath the waves.
So begins the adventure of a lifetime for Aronnax and Land, as Nemo
refuses to ever let them leave for fear that they will reveal the truth
about the Nautilus. And all too soon, Aronnax and Land discover the
submarine's purpose: Nemo is on a mission to seek out scientific
knowledge and wreak revenge on the civilization that destroyed his
family. It is during the pursuit of this mission that the Nautilus
explores shipwrecks, hunts sharks, visits the real Atlantis, and
ventures to the deepest, darkest reaches of the oceans.
