Jacques Cousteau

Philippe Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, worked with crocodile hunter Steve Irwin on his last film, "Ocean's Deadliest." He discusses the program and Irwin's legacy with Harry Smith.
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Posted: 6/25/2009

"I've always said, if you protect the ocean, you protect yourself," says Cousteau. The son of Jacques Cousteau travels to the most extreme locations on Earth, combining science with storytelling, to reveal how the ocean is connected with our own lives.
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Length: 07:40
Posted: 9/14/2009

COCOS ISLAND The fascinating underwater world that surrounds the legendary Cocos Island is a unique treasure. Its biodiversity and vast populations of marine life have turned it into a paradise for both divers and marine biologists alike. From the small harbour of Puntarenas the journey of the Undersea Hunter and its experienced crew travels more than five hundred kilometres in a southwesterly direction, far away from the economic problems of Costa Rica to an unspoiled and natural world, once the haunt of pirates. The journey from the mainland to the isolated and remote Cocos Island takes a little over thirty hours. In the underwater caves, rocky alcoves and ocean bed around Cocos Island there are huge numbers of Whitetip Sharks. Scientists and marine biologists such as Frenchman, Jacques Cousteau, and Austrian, Hans Hass, developed much interest in the island and travelled to this remote location in the South Pacific to document the beauty of this special place. The plant life beneath
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Length: 52:00
Posted: 9/30/2009