A French explorer and arguably the most prolific marine scientist and ocean conservationist of the 20th century. Cousteau coinvented the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, or scuba, and developed waterproof camera housings that allowed him to shoot footage for his documentaries. He made 120 films, three of which won Oscars; authored 50 books, including his masterpiece, The Silent World; and started the , a conservation NGO. The motto of his ship, the , which was damaged in 1996 and has never been relaunched, was “Il faut aller voir”—“We must go and see for ourselves.” Cousteau died in 1997 at 87.
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From ϳԹ Magazine, August 2015
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