Ages Of Man - Rick Wakeman

Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on Stupefaction,

they fled the forest

Instinctively, they made towards the Lidenbrook Sea

Discovering a rusty dagger on the Beach, and the carved initials of the

explorer before them on a Slab of granite, they realised that thay were once

again treading The route of Arne Saknussemm

Following a short sea journey around th cape, they came ashore where a dark

tunnel plunged deep into Rock

Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock blocking their way

After deciding to blow their way through, and Setting the charge,

they put out to sea for safety

With the Explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain,

and a Bottomless pit appeared in the shore.

The explosion had caused an

Earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into It

Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on

Regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous

Speed

Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through

The ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side

Riddled with tiny lava streams

Their journey was completed and they found themselves 3000 miles from their

original starting

Point in Iceland

They had entered by one volcano and they had Come out by another

With the blue mountains of Calabria in the

East they walked away from the mountain that had returned them

The frightening Mount Etna