(Narrated by Patrick Stewart)

On the 24th of May 1863, Professor Lidenbrook and his nephew Axel
discovered an old parchment within a 12th century volume entitled "Heims
Kringla", itself a chronicle of the Norwegian Princes who had ruled over
Iceland.
Written in runic manuscript by Arne Saknussemm (an alchemist of the
16th century) it translated:-
......"Descend into the crater of Sneffels Yokul, over which the
shadow of Scataris falls before the kaends of July, bold traveller, and
you will reach the centre of the earth."
Two centuries forward from this discovery, three geologian explorers
traversed land and sea before they reached the mass of volcanic tufa
known as Iceland. Veiled in secrecy, their purpose:- to emulate the
journey that had been taken by their forefathers two hundred years
previously.
For fear of being followed, their identities were known to no-one,
and for this reason, as they began their ascent through vast fields of
ice toward the magnificent snowy nightcap of the Sneffels volcano, their
expectations became inexplicably intertwined with those of unease as
they prepared to challenge timeless history.
On reaching the tabletop summit, they slowly descended into the
crater of Sneffels Yokul........
........and so began:-
"The Return To The Centre Of The Earth"