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Cousteau: Captain Cousteau
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"On the 50th anniversary of Captain Cousteau's first famous adventure, we are retracing his footsteps," says Francine, still a very alluring Frenchwoman in her 50s. That adventure, she says, "launched his first film, where he explored the coral reefs of the Red Sea."
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Captain Cousteau spoke out for many causes -- the Earth, the environment, his beloved oceans, future generations. His Bill of Rights for Future Generations was signed by millions of people throughout the world. The first Article of this document stated, "Future generations have a right to an uncontaminated and undamaged Earth and to its enjoyment as the ground of human history, of culture, and of the social bonds that make each generation and individual a member of one human family."
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After being awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for service to the Resistance, Cousteau was promoted to Officer and Commander for scientific accomplishments. One of few foreign members of America's prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Captain Cousteau was the co-recipient in 1977 (with Sir Peter Scott) of the International Environmental Prize awarded by the United Nations for outstanding contributions in the field of the environment. He was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985. In 1987, Captain Cousteau was inducted into the Television Academy of Fame in California, and he received the Founders Award from the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York.
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The adventures of Captain Cousteau and his team aboard Calypso have been well documented in his television movies and numerous books. His adventures have taken him into practically all the oceans of the world including Antarctica and the Arctic as well as waterways such as the Amazon where he met with and recorded on film many peoples and species of marine life for the first time.
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In 1950, Captain Cousteau acquired Calypso, a minesweeper and transformed it into an oceanographic vessel. In 1957, he was elected Director of the Musée Océanographique of Monaco and retired from the Navy with a rank of Captain. He resigned as Director of the Musée Océanographique in 1988 after thirty-one years of service.
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In summer of 1997, just after Captain Cousteau died, John Denver wrote another song in tribute to his late friend's effect on the world, called "Blue Water World." This song was never officially recorded, as Denver himself died later that same year.
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