Nautilus (Verne) from seawater) is the craft's primary power source for propulsion and other services. "Nautilus" is double-hulled, and is further separated into water-tight compartments. Its top speed is . Its displacement is submerged. In Captain Nemo's own words: "Nautilus" uses floodable tanks in order to adjust buoyancy and so control its depth. The pumps that evacuate these tanks of water are so powerful that they produce large jets of water when the vessel emerges rapidly from the surface of the water. This leads many early observers of "Nautilus" to believe that the vessel is some species of whale, or perhaps a
Nautilus (science magazine) myth and story, from Verne to the Golden Mean to the spectacular sea creature itself,' ["Nautilus" publisher John] Steele said, 'that it seemed a fitting namesake for the idea of connecting and illuminating science.'" On 13 December 2017, twenty of "Nautilus"' freelance writers published "An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine" in the National Writers Union, alleging that the company was in arrears to them for $50,000 for unpaid work. They announced that ten of them had joined the NWU in order "to pursue a group non-payment grievance with legal action if necessary". On 15 December 2017, the "Nautilus"