Jacques and team in the Arctic
John Denver talks about how he composed Calypso, and released this 1994 video inspired by his friend Jacques Cousteau
Jacques and team in the Amazon
A grouper dances the waltz with a Cousteau Society diver.
The Calypso through many expeditions
Manta rays, planes, helicopters, and dive team during the Cousteau expedition to the Yucatan
Jacques testing new diving equipment in June 1942, on a small beach on the French Riviera.
Cousteau and team exploring the Danube
Captain Cousteau and his team filming with the the underwater equipment they developed.
An advert for Zodiac inflatables with Jacques
Jacques on What’s My Line
Jacque on the Potomac
Craig McClain is the Executive Director of the Lousiana University Marine Consortium. He has conducted deep-sea research for 20 years and published over 50 papers in the area. He has participated in and led dozens of oceanographic expeditions taken him to the Antarctic and the most remote regions of the Pacific and Atlantic. Craig’s research focuses on how energy drives the biology of marine invertebrates from individuals to ecosystems, specifically, seeking to uncover how organisms are adapted to different levels of carbon availability, i.e. food, and how this determines the kinds and number of species in different parts of the oceans. Additionally, Craig is obsessed with the size of things. Sometimes this translated into actually scientific research. Craig’s research has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, Fox News, National Geographic and ABC News. In addition to his scientific research, Craig also advocates the need for scientists to connect with the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (http://deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed blog that has won numerous awards. His writing has been featured in Cosmos, Science Illustrated, American Scientist, Wired, Mental Floss, and the Open Lab: The Best Science Writing on the Web.
I love that John Denver bit. You can’t get much farther from the ocean than Aspen Colorado, and yet Jacques Cousteau moved him to care about the ocean that deeply..
I agree about the John Denver bit. I get all choked up every time I hear that song. It is even better with the video. Susan Boyle would never elicit that kind of response from me. I love all the stuff you could get away with pre-MMPA.