The Land Unknown Page #3

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Now, what we need is

to find a break in this weather.

Over there.

That's what I've been looking for.

It's taking a chance,

but there's no other way.

Okay, hold on to your parkas.

I hope to get out of this

before we're iced up.

What's your altitude?

Three thousand.

Our collective control is damaged.

The only way I can go is down!

Helicopter X-3 to base.

Helicopter X-3 to base.

The aerial's gone!

Hang on!

We should break through any second.

I don't get it.

We dropped below sea level.

Lieutenant, look at the temperature.

What is it?

We've just gone through a

temperature rise of about 50 degrees

in less than two minutes.

It's still going up.

What's your altitude?

Twelve hundred feet below sea level.

We could be inside the crater of a volcano.

I hope it's got a bottom.

What's the temperature now?

91 degrees.

It's so hard to breathe.

It's the humidity. Must be close to 100%.

We're now 2,500 feet below sea level!

And the temperature's still going up.

We're breaking through!

Look out!

Hang on! We're gonna hit!

Now, can you see where we got hit?

I can't see anything from here.

I'll take a look up top.

Do you know what's wrong?

No. Not yet.

Steve, while you're up there,

see what the antenna damage is.

Lieutenant, I'm gonna need some tools

up here.

It's the push-pull tube assembly.

How bad?

Well, I won't be able to tell you

till I take it apart.

But it looks as though all it is

is a bent tube.

Tools coming right up, Steve.

Oh, Commander,

you better take a quick look around.

We're not gonna be here very long.

That's all right with me, Jack.

Why?

Where's that inquiring

reporter's mind of yours?

Come on, let's take a look around.

Here we are practically at the South Pole.

A few minutes ago it was 60 below zero.

Wait here.

Alan! Alan!

Maggie, over here.

Where are you?

Right here.

See this?

It's volcanic activity, all right.

Somewhere beneath us,

hot gases under tremendous pressure

have found a channel

to approach the surface.

We'd better get back to the ship.

This is Helicopter X-3 calling base.

We are down.

Helicopter X-3 is down.

Our location, between grid 30 and 32.

We're invisible from the air.

Can you home in on my signal?

Do you read me? Over.

You got the radio fixed?

I'm not so sure.

I haven't been able to pick up a thing.

What about your transmitter? Do you think

you're getting through to them?

If I was, they'd answer me.

There's nothing wrong with my receiver.

It could be atmospheric conditions.

Yeah. I'll try again a little later on.

Lieutenant.

It's the push-pull rod, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

All we have to do is straighten it.

Lieutenant, I just realized,

this tube is a magnesium alloy.

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