:58:02
This is steeper than
anything we've encountered.
:58:06
It's just as well we all
had a good night's rest.
:58:09
Alec, take this down.
:58:11
21st day
of our descent,
:58:14
starting from an estimated depth
of 129 kilometers,
:58:18
limestone formation
continues.
:58:21
Aye-aye,
Professor!
:58:22
Here are the three
notches again.
:58:25
Good!
:58:32
Gertrude!
Wrong turn.
:58:35
Let's see.
What have we here?
:58:37
One heads 220 degrees
south-southwest,
:58:39
the other 160 degrees
south-southeast. Strange.
:58:43
I would have wagered
we should go that way.
:58:46
That was Gertrude's
feeling, too.
:58:49
Are you sure
your compass is right?
:58:53
Quite.
:59:10
What's he saying?
:59:12
Hans is wondering about the
ultimate goal of our expedition.
:59:17
He's asking, "Why?"
:59:19
Alec, suppose
you tell him.
:59:23
Well, why does man
freeze to death
:59:26
trying to reach
the North Pole?
:59:29
Why does man suffer
:59:31
the steaming heat
of the Amazon?
:59:33
Why does he
stagger his mind
:59:36
with the mathematics
of the sky?
:59:39
Once a question mark
:59:40
has arisen in
the human brain,
:59:42
the answer
must be found
:59:43
if it takes
a thousand years.
:59:46
Render that into
a few Icelandic words!
:59:49
Tell him
that scientists
:59:51
have bats in
their belfries.
:59:53
Oh!