The man who open our eyes, Capt. Jacques Cousteau by Siddiq

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone who accidentally open my class blog. Since you have opened it, please go through our contents especially mine (Siddiq). My topic for this post is the famous Capt. Jacques Cousteau who I admire and idolized because this very man open everybody's eyes in the wonders of the underwater world and led me to Scuba diving. Without further adieu, let me share with you guys what kind of leader of Capt. Jacques Cousteau is.

A little biography about the man who opened our eyes, he was born 11 June 1910, Saint-Andre-de-Cuzbac, France. In 1945, he started the French Navy's undersea research group. In 1951, he began going going on yearly trips to explore the ocean on the Calypso. He recorded his travels and findings on the TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. His ship sunk in 1996. He died on June 25, 1997, in Paris, France.


Capt. Jacques Cousteau was a proud soldier for his country. For the first few years of the World War II, he quietly continued his underwater experiments and explorations. In 1943 he met Emile Gagnan, A french engineer who shown a common passion for discovery. Cousteau and Emile experimented on snorkel hoses, body suits and breathing apparatus. He was also the key person on developing the waterproof camera that could withstand high pressure of the deep sea. During the French Resistance movement, he joined the resistance and spy on the italian armed forces and documenting troop movements. He was recognized for his resistance efforts and awarded with several medals. He also work with the French navy to clear the underwater mines.

Not only a soldier but he was also a researcher of the sea, he developed a device called Aqua Lung, a twin-hose underwater breathing apparatus. With this device, Cousteau and his crew were able to explore and film parts of the ocean depths that had never been seen before. His underwater documentaries brought a new world of viewers. Oscar winning films such as The Silent World, The Golden Fish, and World Without Sun. These documentaries had common goal "Their message was 'Come with me and look at this wonderful thing and see how it acts and behaves," said by Merrriam, a spokesperson for the Cousteau Society. Merraim also said " It was a deep and complete introduction for the general public to the undersea world." All Cousteau and his society work so hard is too enlighten us with the diverse creatures that dwells beyond our sight living deep in the dark blue sea.

Capt. Jacques Cousteau, was Late-Blooming Environmentalist, restricts commercial whaling in 1986. The moratorium remains in place today, though some countries still hunt whales in the name of scientific research. Not only that, he organized a popular campaign against a French government plan to dump nuclear waste products into the Mediterranean Sea in 1960 - and took his fight straight to the president of the republic. His efforts was always to conserve the beauty and well being of the sea, as he know that, the ocean also known as the Blue Garbage by seafarers, could offer us humans more that we thought.

Capt. Jacques Cousteau efforts shall die in vain, his legacy is continued by his children and the next generations to come.  All pictures are taken from Google, none of them are my own.