President Barbicane

J. T. Maston

Maston is Barbicane's most loyal and enthusiastic ally, sharing a deep bond over their ambitious scientific and engineering projects.

Capt. Nicholl

Nicholl is a sharp-tongued skeptic and frequent opponent of Barbicane's grand schemes, often clashing over feasibility and risk.

Sultan Bali

Barbicane negotiates and collaborates with Sultan Bali on the massive engineering project to alter the Earth's axis, maintaining a formal businesslike relationship.

Alcide Pierdeux

Pierdeux serves as a mathematical expert and consultant to Barbicane, providing critical calculations for the project.

Major Donellan

Donellan is a key logistical and organizational partner to Barbicane, helping coordinate the massive undertaking.

Eric Baldenak

Baldenak is a Norwegian engineer and key technical collaborator with Barbicane, contributing expertise on the polar project.

John Prestice

Prestice is a trusted colleague and advisor to Barbicane, assisting with administrative and strategic decisions.

Dean Toodrink

Toodrink reports to Barbicane as a subordinate engineer, handling on-site construction tasks.

J. T. Maston

Maston is Barbicane's most loyal and enthusiastic ally, sharing a deep bond over their ambitious scientific and engineering projects.

Alcide Pierdeux

Pierdeux serves as a mathematical expert and consultant to Barbicane, providing critical calculations for the project.

J. T. Maston

Maston is Barbicane's most loyal and enthusiastic ally, sharing a deep bond over their ambitious scientific and engineering projects.

Major Donellan

Donellan is a key logistical and organizational partner to Barbicane, helping coordinate the massive undertaking.

In Which Old Acquaintances Appear to Our New Readers, and in Which a Wonderful Man Is Described

President of the Gun Club, veteran of the moon voyage, and now head of Barbicane & Co., which purchased the Arctic region. He lives on his reputation but remains restless for new adventures.

In Which the Possibility That Coal Mines Surround the North Pole Is Considered

Confidently asserts the N.P.P.A. will reach the North Pole and explore the coal mines, facing opposition but remaining resolute.

In Which a Telephone Communication Between Mrs. Scorbitt and J. T. Maston Is Interrupted

Mentioned as the leader of the North Pole project, confident in its success after the public subscription.

In Which President Barbicane Says No More Than Suits His Purpose

Delivers a persuasive speech to stockholders and European delegates, revealing the N.P.P.A.'s plan to exploit Arctic coal and shift the Earth's axis, while strategically withholding key details.

Yes, Just Like Jupiter

Praised in newspapers as the leader of the project that will benefit all humanity by altering the Earth's climate.

In Which Appears the French Gentleman to Whom We Referred at the Beginning of This Truthful Story

Mentioned as the leader of the N.P.P.A. project, whose secret plans are causing public unease and are being scrutinized by Pierdeux.

In Which a Little Uneasiness Begins to Show Itself

Has left Baltimore six weeks ago with Capt. Nicholl; whereabouts unknown.

What Was Found in the Notebook of J. T. Maston and What It No Longer Contained

Referred to as the head of Barbicane & Co.; he has left Baltimore and is at the unknown location where the cannon is being built.

In Which J. T. Maston Heroically Continues to Be Silent

Absent from Baltimore, he is secretly preparing the giant cannon operation to change the Earth's axis, with Maston protecting his whereabouts.

At the Close of Which J. T. Maston Utters an Epigram

Mentioned as the associate of Maston, secretly continuing the work with Capt. Nicholl at an unknown location.

Very Short, but in Which "X" Takes a Geographical Value

Reported to be established in the Wamasai region with Captain Nicholl for eight months.

Which Contains a Few Interesting Details for the Inhabitants of the Earthly Sphere

Identified as the leader of the operation at Kilimanjaro; his actions are the subject of the Observatory's notice.

In Which a Crowd of Dissatisfied People Break Into the Cell of J. T. Maston

Declared an outlaw along with Maston and Nicholl; his operation is the source of global panic.

What Had Been Done at Kilimanjaro During Eight Month of This Memorable Year

Leads the secret operation at Kilimanjaro, overseeing the construction of the cannon shaft and expressing confidence in the project.

In Which the Population of Wamasai Assemble to Hear President Barbicane Say ‘Fire’ to Capt. Nicholl

Oversees the countdown and gives the order to fire.

In Which J. T. Maston Regrets That the Crowd Did Not Lynch Him When He Was in Prison

Returns from Wamasai with Nicholl; refuses to admit failure to the Sultan.

In Which This Story, as Truthful as It Is Improbable, Is Finished

Confronts Maston about the failure, expresses irony and reproach, and later faces public ridicule along with the Gun Club.

Very Short, Since Enough Has Been Said to Make the World’s Population Feel Perfectly Sure Again

Mentioned as not resuming the enterprise.