Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on
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stupefaction, they fled the forest. Instinctively, they made
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towards the Lidenbrook Sea. Discovering a rusty dagger on the
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beach, and the carved initials of the explorer before them on a
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slab of granite, they realised that thay were once again treading
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the route of Arne Saknussemm. Following a short sea journey around
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a cape, they came ashore where a dark tunnel plunged deep into
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rock. Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock
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blocking their way. After deciding to blow their way through, and
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setting the charge, they put out to sea for safety. With the
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explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain, and a
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bottomless pit appeared in the shore. The explosion had caused an
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earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into
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it. Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on
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regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous
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speed. Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through
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the ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side
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riddled with tiny lava streams. Their journey was completed and
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they found themselves 3000 miles from their original starting
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point in Iceland. They had entered by one volcano and they had
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come out by another. With the blue mountains of Calabria in the
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east they walked away from the mountain that had returned them.
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The frightening Mount Etna.
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Narration 8
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Rick Wakeman |