The story takes place in August 1883 . Scrooge exports some cattle from Montana to Indonesia but encounters a thief and meets his old friend Ratchet Gearloose from his Riverboat days . Then he becomes part of a spectacular trip aboard the clipper ship Cutty Sark on August 26 , 1883 . However , Krakatoa becomes more active , and soon enough , the volcano violently explodes . Scrooge and Gearloose have to ride out the pyroclastic flow , tsunami , and the falling pumice
volcano violently explodes
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark