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The water is dark and blue and schools of silvery fish swim all around you.

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"An Interview with Jean-Michel Cousteau," Suite 101 , http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/scuba_diving/14551 (November 27, 2006). Chanhassen, MN: Child's World, 1998. In 1942 he designed the Aqua-Lung, an early underwater breathing device.

Cousteau's book "The Silent World" (1953), co-authored with Frederic Dumas, became a bestseller and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1956.

Recognition and Environmental Advocacy

In 1957, Cousteau was appointed as the director of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, which brought official recognition to his achievements.

He was recognized for his French accent and red cap. 

During his early explorations, Jacque’s adventures had been paid for by oil companies drilling offshore. In 1966 Cousteau's first hourlong television special, "The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau," was broadcast. Then in 1997 in Paris, Jacque passed away himself.  

Jacques was very successful in life, but his life wasn’t always easy.

Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2001. These expeditions advanced knowledge of the deep by gathering underwater flora (plants) and fauna (animals) and by extensively photographing the underwater world, which is more vast than the surface above water. At this time Gagnan and Jacques invented better snorkel hoses, bodysuits and breathing devices.

Jacque didn’t always do the best in school, at times he had trouble learning, but he was very curious. They used the film from this trip to make a movie called The Silent World, which went on to win the best movie award at the Cannes Film Festival. You kick your fins and glide further through the water, admiring the underwater forest of kelp, coral and fish that thrive in this beautiful ocean habitat. 

Jacques (pronounced “Zhock”) Cousteau who had a deep love for the sea and without his inventions and passion for ocean life, you would not be able to breathe like a fish underwater. 

Jacques was born on June 11, 1910 in the town of Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France.

Washington Times , July 2, 2000. He was even expelled at one time. In school, because Jacque wasn’t doing very well, his parents sent him to a different school. This was also made into a movie called Cousteau in the Antarctic. 

Jacque went on to make more movies and write more books.

They had a ship but very little money for fuel or other costs for their adventures. In 1987 he was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame, and later received the founder's award from the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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In 1985 he won the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 1990 his wife passed away.