Jacques Cousteau

After graduating from the French naval officer school in 1933, he was appointed lieutenant. But his plan to become a navy pilot was destroyed by a most fatal car accident and his arm broke. Custo did not receive formal scientific training, and he was fascinated by underwater adventure by the sea and underwater diving love. In 1943, Cousteau and French engineer ÉmileGagnan developed the first fully automated compressed air Aqua-Lung (Diving Equipment). And it allowed the diver to swim freely in the water for a long time. Cousteau helped the development of many other tools useful for oceanographers, such as submarine UFOs (small submarines for submarine detection) and some underwater cameras.

Custo served as a French gunman during the Second World War and later became a member of resistance to the French German occupation. Later he was awarded a honorary corps for spy activity. Custo underwater movie production experiment began during the war. He also participated in a marine survey at the Marseille Center with the French naval officer Philippe Tailliez. After the war he continued to work for the French Navy and led the Toulon Submarine Research Team.

To expand his work in marine exploration, Cousteau established many marketing, manufacturing, engineering and research organizations and was founded in 1973 as Cousteau Group. In 1950, he changed the minesweeping boat of England to an oceanographic vessel, Calypso, where he and his crew made several explorations. Custo ultimately promoted oceanography research and scuba diving in the book "Le Monde du silence" (1953; The Silent World) by Frederick Dumas. In 1956 he documented this book with the French film director, Luis Mahler, at the Cannes International Film Festival and the 1957 Academy Awards. One of Oscar won. . In 1957, Custo became the director of the Monaco Maritime Museum. He led the consaturation saturation diving program and conducted experiments that worked for a long time as people lived on the continental shelf. The seafloor laboratory called Conshelf I, II, and III is located at 10 meters (about 30 feet), 30 meters (about 100 feet), and 102.4 meters (about 336 feet) of the Mediterranean, near Marseille . . In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Association, a non-profit environmental group devoted to marine conservation.

Costo starred and starred in many television programs including the American series "Underwater World of Jack Custody" (1968-76). Several documentaries were produced with Philip, his son, until Philip died in an airplane accident in 1979. In 1985 I won the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. In addition to the world of silence, Cousteau also wrote three adventures in the 18th ward (1946; 18 meters of water, living sea (1963)): Galapagos, Titicaca, Blue Cave (1973) Dolphin (1975) and Jacquesquisto: Sea World (1985) His last book "Human, Orchid and Octopus: Exploration and Protection Protect Our Natural World" (2007)

In 1966, Jack Custeau televised his first one hour television special "The World of Jack Eve Custody" on the ABC television network. In 1968, he produced the television series "Underwater World of Jack Custody" which aired nine seasons. Millions of people follow Cousteau and his staff around the world and show intimate exposure of marine life and habitat. Meanwhile, Kuosto began to recognize how human activities destroy the ocean. Jacques Cousteau also wrote several books including The Shark of 1970, Dolphins of 1975, Jacques Cousteau of 1985, and so on. In 1973 the Cousteau Society founded the Cousteau Society with his reputation and support from many people. The organization is growing rapidly and rapidly, and there are 300,000 members all over the world

Between 1968 and 1976, Custo created his most famous work, the television documentary series "The Underwater World of Jack Custody." It has gone through eight seasons, some of which are from Cousteau himself who uses his unique French accent English. These shows explain the adventures of the ocean floor that he and the crew of Calypso have and the sea species they are observing. Now the staff includes his son Philippe and Jean - Michel. The underwater world of Jacques Cousteau has influenced another new generation of divers and marine biologists