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The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer Prince Albert I, [2] ... Jacques-Yves Cousteau was director from 1957 to 1988. The ...
The Institut océanographique was founded in 1906 by Albert I, Prince of Monaco [1] (the International Hydrographic Organization was launched in Monaco in 1921). In 1957, Jacques Cousteau was appointed director of the Institut océanographique. [2]
In 1957, Cousteau took over as leader of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. [2] Afterward, with the assistance of Jean Mollard, he made a "diving saucer" SP-350 , an experimental underwater vehicle which could reach a depth of 350 meters.
Describing Earth's vast oceans as the "great barometer" for weather patterns, the grandson of legendary French ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau has embarked on an ambitious underwater mission that ...
Calypso was later towed to the Maritime Museum of La Rochelle in 1998 to be an exhibit. A legal dispute between Jacques Cousteau's widow, Francine Cousteau, and Loel Guinness, the grandson of the original owner, delayed restoration work. During this time the city of La Rochelle withdrew its funding for the restoration.
BY ZACHARY FAGENSON (Reuters) - Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, is due to emerge from the turquoise waters off the Florida Keys on Wednesday morning ...
Jacques Cousteau was an adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist. But for National Geographic’s “Becoming Cousteau,” director Liz Garbus focused on his ...
In December 1972 The Cousteau Society sets out on a four-months expedition through Antarctica. The expedition is supported by Monaco's Oceanographic Museum and the La Rochelle Natural History Museum, the latter represented on board by Raymond Duguy (1927 - 2012), its director at the time.