Friday, June 01, 2007

Paging Jules Verne

Trip proposed to centre of Earth via Arctic hole: "A U.S. scientist and a small band of believers are planning a journey to the Canadian Arctic for what they call 'the greatest geological expedition in history.'

Are they searching for Arctic oil reserves? Documenting evidence of climate change?

Not quite. They're looking for a fog-shrouded hole in the Arctic Ocean that leads -- they say -- to the centre of the Earth, where an unknown civilization is lurking inside the hollow core of the planet."

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I bet there'll be a Starbucks there.

Jerry House

Unknown said...

Or several.

Writeprocrastinator said...

I sure hope that along the way, they don't run over Pat Boone and the duck.

Unknown said...

Ah, what a great movie!

Brent McKee said...

One of Edgar Rice Burroughs less well known creations - after Tarzan - David Innes who found the underground civilization of Pellucidar. In fact in 1929 Tarzan visited Pellucidar, the only time Burroughs crossed Tarzan over with one of his other characters.

Unknown said...

Yes, Tarzan got there before Pat Boone!

Anonymous said...

That Starbucks comment elicited a loud laugh.