<P> In Trevor's volcanology laboratory, a device shows activity on Snæfell, a dormant volcano in Iceland . Trevor and Sean travel to Iceland to investigate . They try to contact Icelandic volcanologist Sigurbjörn Ásgeirsson, but instead encounter his daughter Hannah Ásgeirsson (Anita Briem) since her father had died some years earlier . It turns out that Sigurbjörn and Max were both Vernians, a group of people who believe the works of Jules Verne to be fact and not fiction . </P> <P> Hannah offers to help them climb the volcano . While the group is hiking up the volcano, a lightning storm forces them to take shelter in a cave . The cave entrance collapses, trapping them in what appears to be an abandoned mine . The trio repel down a giant hole and ride on out - of - control mine carts, in which the tracks start to branch off in three ways . Hannah and Trevor save each other from dead - ends and Sean reunites with them . They reach the bottom of a volcanic vent filled with different varieties of crystals, including Diamonds, but learn the floor is actually Muscovite . Sean accidentally drops a diamond, which breaks the Muscovite, and they begin to fall towards the center of the Earth . The vent eventually becomes a water slide which drops them safely into a lake in the center of the Earth, which turns out to be a completely separate world contained within the Earth . </P> <P> The group starts seeking a way back to the surface . Along the way, they find evidence that someone had been there a hundred years ago . Trevor remarks that some instruments found are Lidenbrock's (the name of a character in the book), suggesting that another group had previously made the journey, somehow returned to the surface and recounted the tale of their adventure to Verne . They find a large tree with some of Max's things inside of it . While Trevor and Sean are examining what they've found, Hannah finds Max's body . They bury Max on the beach of the underground ocean and Trevor reads a letter to Sean found in Max's journal . Trevor discovers that his brother died due to dehydration because of hot magma surrounding the center of the Earth . </P> <P> Using information from Max's journal, Trevor determines that they must find a geyser that can send them to the surface before the temperature rises to 200 ° F (about 93 ° C). Further, they must reach the geyser within 48 hours or the water for the geyser will have evaporated . They build a raft and begin crossing the underground ocean, but soon encounter a pack of Xiphactinus . They use large branches has bats to hit them away, until a pod of Elasmosaurus attacks the Xiphactinus, allowing the trio to escape . The raft's sail becomes loose . Sean tries to hold on, but is blown away and separated from the two adults . </P>

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