Edinburgh university professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook believes he has found a very old message from a long-lost scientist who may have found the way to journey to the center of the Earth. With his assistant, student Alec McEwan, he sets off for Iceland where an entrance in a volcanic range is found. They are soon joined by Carla Göteborg, whose scientist-husband was recently murdered, and Icelander Hans Belker as they descend into the bowels of the Earth. There they will find fantastic creatures, exotic plants, the lost city of Atlantis and a foe who wants to keep knowledge of this underworld to himself.