France
1910 – 1997
Jacques Cousteau
A French explorer who filmed the deep sea and taught the world to love the ocean.
The Story
Jacques grew up in France and fell in love with the sea when he was a boy.
He helped invent the aqualung — the tank that lets divers breathe underwater.
On his ship, the Calypso, he sailed the seas filming octopuses, sharks, and coral.
He brought the wonders of the deep into everyone's living room on TV.
He asked us all to look after the ocean, because it's full of magic.
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