50 pts

Describe Ned's plan of escape once the Nautilus had entered the Mediterranean.

Ned's plan once the Nautilus had entered the Mediterranean was to use the life boat to escape.

His plan was that they would escape when the Captain was in bed.

Ned was to be at the central companionway with Conseil while he told Aronnax to wait in the library until he receives a signal from Ned.

Ned had taken a monkey wrench with which he was going to unscrew the nuts bolting the life boat, which he knew how to operate, to the Nautilus. The action was meant to propel them to reach the surface of the water fast without alerting anyone

Explanation:

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Ned explained how they were to escape from the submarine in the lines:

"In that case, I should seek to make myself master of the pinnace. I know how it is worked. We must get inside, and the bolts once drawn, we shall come to the surface of the water, without even the pilot, who is in the bows, perceiving our flight."

However his plan to escape the Nautilus while in the Mediterranean was made impossible, as it went entirely too fast the entire time it was there.

Ned was leveraging on the fact that they will be a few miles off the coast of Spain; as a result the circumstances they were expecting to engineer their escape was at hand.

The plan was that their escape process will take place at the time Captain Nemo is locked in his room and in bed. Also, the mechanics or crewmen will not be able to sight them at the time of their escape.

Ned and Conseil will be at the central companionway while Professor Aronnax will stay in the library two steps away until he receives a signal from Ned. Ned has in his possession a monkey wrench which he will use to unscrew the nuts bolting the skiff to the Nautilus's hull.

On a favorable circumstance, they expected to land on solid ground between ten and eleven in the evening or they will be dead.