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Jacques-Yves Cousteau. (Interview)

UNESCO Courier

| November 01, 1991 | Elnadi, Bahgat; Rifaat, Adel | COPYRIGHT 1991 UNESCO. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau is internationally renowned as a marine explorer and defender of the oceans. A pioneer of undersea investigation, he has sailed all over the world on oceanographic expeditions and has also written and produced films about the oceans which have attracted immense audiences. He is now preoccupied with the protection of the environment in an age of rapid economic expansion and population growth.

* How did you come to be interested in nature and particularly in nature in aquatic surroundings?

-- I have always been curious about things. When I was a child I used to go out bird-watching at night. I ran into a ...

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