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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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We, <strong>of</strong> course, are most interested in<br />

the hydrology, and indeed we find<br />

oceans to sail, but they're rather<br />

standard adventure-book seas.<br />

Chapter 24 -- <strong>Underground</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> in the Comics<br />

Here's the map <strong>of</strong> the underworld, its seas, lakes and rivers and its golden metropolis filled with<br />

advanced Atlantean technology, Shamballah, an underground destination we'll not visit until<br />

Chapter 71. Note the Hollow Earth cross-section in the corner.<br />

All in all, Skartaris is an amalgamation <strong>of</strong> Symmes' cosmology, Burroughs' Pellucidar, Admiral<br />

Byrd's aerial detour, Jules Verne's adventures <strong>of</strong> ecxploration and any number <strong>of</strong> hackneyed<br />

spin<strong>of</strong>fs we've perused in earlier chapters.<br />

And <strong>of</strong> course there's the quirky Dr. Who. From TV Comic, Dr. Who "The Dalek Revenge"<br />

January 24, 1976,<br />

Entombed by the Daleks, the Doctor, Sarah-Jane and Ticon have followed the course <strong>of</strong> an<br />

underground river which they hope will get them to the surface. With now way back, they leap<br />

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