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AronnaxAronnax proposes that a gigantic narwhal may explain the mysterious damage to ships.First seen in chapter 2
ConseilConseil accompanies Aronnax aboard the Abraham Lincoln for the dangerous expedition.First seen in chapter 3
FarragutFarragut commands the Abraham Lincoln and welcomes Aronnax aboard for the expedition.First seen in chapter 3
Ned LandNed Land is a skilled Canadian harpooner who doubts the creature exists and befriends Aronnax.First seen in chapter 4
NemoThe apparent submarine commander gives no understandable answer when the captives explain their arrival.First seen in chapter 8

Chapter 1
Reports of a huge sea creature and damage to ships turn public curiosity into demands for action.
Chapter 3
Aronnax accepts the expedition invitation and leaves New York aboard the Abraham Lincoln with Conseil.
Chapter 6
Ned Land harpoons the glowing target, and a violent shock throws Aronnax into the sea.
Chapter 7
Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land find refuge on a submarine before its occupants pull them inside.
Chapter 10
Captain Nemo names the Nautilus and refuses to release his three captives.
Chapter 15
Nemo leads Aronnax and Conseil across the seabed in diving suits toward an underwater forest.
Chapter 19
The Nautilus runs aground near Gilboa Island, and Nemo allows the companions to go ashore.
Chapter 21
An electric current repels attackers boarding the Nautilus, and the rising tide frees the vessel.
Chapter 23
A wounded crewman dies, and an underwater burial reveals the crew's coral cemetery.
Chapter 26
Nemo risks his life to save a fisherman from a shark, and Ned Land saves Nemo.
Chapter 28
Nemo guides the Nautilus through an underwater tunnel from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean.
Chapter 31
Ned Land prepares an escape, but the Nautilus stops underwater while Nemo shows Aronnax sunken treasure.
Chapter 32
Nemo and Aronnax climb a submerged mountain and identify the ruins below as Atlantis.
Chapter 35
Nemo attacks the whales' predators with the Nautilus, causing a slaughter that Ned Land condemns.
Chapter 37
Nemo observes the sun, identifies their location as the South Pole, and claims the region.
Chapter 38
An overturning iceberg strikes the Nautilus, and shifting ice closes every escape route.
Chapter 39
With breathing air running out, Nemo uses boiling water and the submarine's power to escape the ice.
Chapter 41
The crew and prisoners fight giant cuttlefish; Nemo saves Ned Land, but a creature carries away a sailor.
Chapter 42
Aronnax asks Nemo to release the captives, but Nemo refuses and Ned resolves to escape.
Chapter 44
Nemo sinks an unidentified warship after declaring that the enemy destroys his country and family.
Chapter 45
The companions attempt escape in the submarine's boat, which breaks free inside a whirlpool.
Chapter 46
Aronnax wakes safely beside Ned Land and Conseil on the Lofoten Islands, uncertain of Nemo's fate.
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