Journey to the center of the earth

In this story, a german scientist, his nephew and their icelandic guide think they can reach the center of the earth.They find a coded note written in runic script which they need to transcript to find their way to the center of the earth.

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Original message (runic alphabet)

mrnlls esrevel seecIde sgtssmf vnteief niedrke kt,samn atrateS saodrrn emtnaeI nvaect rrilSa Atsaar .nvcrc ieaabs ccrmi eevtVl frAntv dt,iac oseibo KediiI

mrnlls esrevel seecIde sgtssmf vnteief niedrke kt,samn atrateS saodrrn emtnaeI nvaect rrilSa Atsaar .nvcrc ieaabs ccrmi eevtVl frAntv dt,iac oseibo KediiI

Take the first letter of each word, then the second, the third, and so forth..

messunkaSenrA.icefdoK.segnittamurtn ecertserrette,rotaixvadua,ednecsedsadne lacartniiilvIsiratracSarbmvtabiledmek meretarcsilucoJsleffenSnI.

messunkaSenrA.icefdoK.segnittamurtn ecertserrette,rotaixvadua,ednecsedsadne lacartniiilvIsiratracSarbmvtabiledmek meretarcsilucoJsleffenSnI.

Then read the whole document from the last letter to the first

In Sneffels Joculis craterem quem delibat Umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges. Quod feci, Arne Saknussem

It’s your turn to encrypt the following text using Saknussem’s cipher (as the letters « h, P, Q, w and z » don’t exist in the runic alphabet, they are written with our alphabet and circled in red)

"In the last days of June, one of the peaks, called Scartaris, flung its shadow down the mouth of that particular crater"

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