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In the summer of 1923 a learned professor embarks on a daring aerial survey of a landscape that has risen from the former North Sea. Riding in a massive naval airship, he follows a familiar Admiralty route over the newly exposed mud‑flats, where once‑submerged ridges now loom like ancient dunes. The narrative captures the crisp, clear weather and the hum of engines as the craft glides just a hundred feet above a world still being mapped.

Through witty exchanges with the ship’s captain, the professor blends scientific observation with a touch of humor, noting wrecks, salvage roads, and the strange, fossil‑laden mud that hints at a time when mammoths roamed the same ground. His commentary on competing geological theories and the practical challenges of navigating this unsettled terrain offers listeners a vivid glimpse into an era of exploration where the sky became the safest path across a reshaped continent.