He leads the world to the deep-sea mystery

Jacques Cousteau is the most famous oceanographer and undersea explorer of the 20th century, with revolutionary pioneering inventions of diving and bringing the world of the deepest oceans to the living room of everybody. He was dubbed the "Guide of the World for the Deep Mysteries".

People know Jacques Cousteau through the nickname captain Jacques Cousteau, who often appears in many amazing documentaries about the world under the ocean. It seems that he was born with the mission of making inhabitants on this planet understand the ocean world and love all that belongs to the two thirds of the earth's surface.

The call of the ocean

Jacques Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, in southwestern France. As a boy, Jacques was a very active boy and enjoyed diving. You often dive with your group in the Mediterranean Sea. Since then, learning about the ocean has become his passion.

Wishing to be able to explore underwater longer and more freely, in 1943, he and Emile Gagnan designed a pneumatic cylinder for divers or scuba . This device has contributed to helping humanity explore the world of water.

After the Second World War, Cousteau joined naval officer Philippe Tailliez and Frederic Duma diver to become the "3 musketeers of the sea" when working together on diving experiments in the sea and in the laboratory. In 1950, the Calypso ship was equipped with diving and scientific research tools to begin the great adventure of exploring the world's oceans and rivers.

On June 25, 1997, Jacques Cousteau died in France, aged 87 years.

It is through these exciting adventures that Jacques and his research team also want to test how long it is for humans to live and work underwater.

From that idea, in four years from 1962-1965, Jacques worked with his colleagues to successfully implement the Conshelf project in three phases. With this project, an underwater laboratory has all the necessary facilities that have been deployed.

In 1962, Conshelf I demonstrated for the first time that, at a depth of 10 meters, humans were able to live for 1 week. Conshelf II has confirmed that, at a depth of less than 15 meters, we can deploy many activities over a period of 3 weeks.

In 1965, Conshelf III raised a much higher step when six ocean astronauts lived and worked in an oilfield model at a depth of 100 meters, located in the Mediterranean Sea, near Nice, France, within nearly a month.

The success of Jacques' Conshelf project confirmed that humans can live and work for a period of time on the ocean floor.

Throughout his life, Jacques always loved love for the sea and amazing ocean expeditions. Jacques was also the first person to deploy camera-equipped divers to continue exploring the ocean's natural resources. His underwater films have created unique television programs that bring millions of people to view the deep sea environment in the ocean.

Jacques Cousteau and his "Diving saucer"submarine.

Recognition

Through more than 120 dramas and 50 titles, Captain Cousteau opened the door of the oceans to millions of people around the world. With his dedication, Captain Cousteau received many awards such as the International Environmental Prize, the award of the National Geographic Society. He is an academician of the French Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Sciences.

Heritage

Recognizing the need for an organization to protect the planet, in 1974 Captain Cousteau established the Cousteu Association, based in the United States. Later in 1981, Foundation Cousteau fund (later Equip Cousteu) was born in France. On this basis, he launched campaigns to propose to protect the South Pole from mining activities. His effort was successful: This primitive continent is being protected, at least for 50 years. His international influence evidence was that in 1992 he was invited to formally attend the United Nations Conference on Development and Environment in Rio de Janeiro.

Through his work, Jacques Cousteau introduced the importance of the ocean to bringing about the balance of climate, biosphere and ecosystem for the planet.