Part 2 Chapter 19 Summary

The fight with the squid was April 20. Aronnax has trouble writing about it and finding the right words to reflect its horror. They can't help but remember the sailor taken into the mouth of the squid. The Nautilus seems to be traveling randomly and Captain Nemo has disappeared. They are in the Gulf Stream, a river within the Atlantic. Aronnax as usual is enjoying the fish and writing in his journal about them.

Ned Land wants to escape as they come so close to the United States. But the weather does not cooperate. He rants to Aronnax that he WILL NOT keep traveling to another arctic pole. It has been seven months of torture for him. He wants Aronnax to ask Captain Nemo to let them leave.

Aronnax hears Captain Nemo in his chambers and opens his door. Captain Nemo is...