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He also gave the name Cousteau to the captain's yacht of the USS Enterprise-E in homage to the Calypso ' s famous former captain. Wes Anderson directed a film homage of Jacques Cousteau's life called The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. In the movie, Zissou travels the seas in a ship called Belafonte.
Jacques Cousteau was featured in Epic Rap Battle of History's sixth season, and was portrayed by Peter Shukoff. He faced off against Steve Irwin, portrayed by Lloyd Ahlquist. Jacques Cousteau is depicted in the music video for the Plastic Bertrand song titled “Jacques Cousteau.” In the video Jacques Cousteau is depicted as wearing nautical ...
Jacques Cousteau, Albert Falco and Dominique Serafini on the Calypso were also among those who searched for them. The boats are now very attractive diving sites for divers who live or come to Martinique and all local diving clubs organize trips to the wreckages.
In 1980, Jacques Cousteau and the Cousteau Society used the research vessel Calypso and the diving saucer SP-350 Denise to dive and film the wreck. The Cousteau Society called Gunilda "the best-preserved, most prestigious shipwreck in the world" and "the most beautiful shipwreck in the world". [15] [27] [28] [30] [31]
RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011.
The wreck remained untouched until 1953, when French naval officer and explorer Jacques Cousteau briefly visited to relocate the site. [6] Cousteau returned with a full team in the summer and autumn of 1976 at the invitation of the Greek government.
The Silent World (French: Le Monde du silence) is a 1956 French documentary film co-directed by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle.One of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color, [1] [2] its title derives from Cousteau's 1953 book The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure.
Simone Cousteau (née Melchior; 19 January 1919 – 1 December 1990) was a French explorer. She was the first woman scuba diver and aquanaut, and wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. [1] Although never visible in the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau series, Simone played a key role in the operation at sea ...