1914: Milo Thatch grandson of the great Thaddeus Thatch works in the boiler room of a museum. He knows that Atlantis was real and he can get there if he has the mysterious Shephards journal which can guide him to Atlantis. But he needs someone to fund a voyage. His employer thinks he''s dotty and refuses to fund any crazy idea. He returns home to his apartment and finds a woman there. She takes him to Preston B. Whitmore an old friend of his Grandfathers. He gives him the shepherds journal a submarine and a 5 star crew. They travel through the Atlantic ocean face a large lobster called the Leviathan and finally get to Atlantis. But does the Atlantis crew have a lust for discovery or something else?