![]() ![]() Unable to arrange transportation back to the United States, Challenger reluctantly agrees to take them along. Arriving unexpectedly, Jenny and her younger brother David insist on joining them. The four then fly to the Amazon, where they are met by Costa, their guide and Manuel Gomez, their helicopter pilot. Ed is given a spot after Holmes offers to fund the expedition if the reporter is included. When Roxton raises his hand, Jenny insists on going with him, but she is rejected by Challenger because she is a woman. Explaining that his photographs of the creatures were lost when his boat overturned, Challenger invites Summerlee to accompany him on a new expedition to the "lost world," and asks for volunteers. When Challenger claims to have seen live dinosaurs, his colleague Professor Summerlee scoffs and asks for evidence. That evening, Jenny is escorted by Lord John Roxton, an adventurer and big game hunter, to Challenger's lecture at the Zoological Institute, and Ed invites them to sit with him. After the irascible Challenger strikes reporter Ed Malone on the head with his umbrella, Jennifer Holmes, the daughter of Ed's employer, Stuart Holmes, offers the injured reporter a ride into town. When his plane lands in London, crusty old professor George Edward Challenger is besieged by reporters questioning him about his latest expedition to the headwaters of the Amazon River.
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