In 1868, a gigantic sea monster spreads terror among sailors. The frigate Abraham Lincoln takes on the task of hunting it down and cleaning the seas. Joining this mission are Frenchman Pierre Aronnax, professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, his loyal servant Conseil, and a Canadian whaler and renowned harpooner, Ned Land. After fruitless searches lasting several months, they finally locate the monster, which attacks the frigate. Professor Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land fall into the sea. They discover that the monster is actually an electrically-powered submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a strange man, Captain Nemo...