
The intrepid undersea explorer and author circles the globe on his floating laboratory, Calypso, in this occasional series. A pioneer in marine study, the red-capped Frenchman introduced generations of landlubbers to the creatures and mysteries of the sea.
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Air Date: 1968-01-08
Captain Cousteau and his ship the Calypso visit the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in order to study ...
Air Date: 1968-03-06
The team travels to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, an area teeming with animal and plant life, and where numemo...
Air Date: 1968-04-15
The island ot Europa, in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar, is the foremost breeding ground of the...
Air Date: 1968-11-15
The Calypso divers study finback, sperm and killer whales, monitoring their migratory habits by planting small tags i...
Air Date: 1969-01-13
Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso adopt a pair of fur seals off the Cape of Good Hope. During an Atlantic ...
Air Date: 1969-03-03
The crew sets out on a treasure hunt to the Caribbean in search of the wreck of La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, a...
Air Date: 1969-04-24
The divers travel inland to Peru's Lake Titicaca, testing experimental techniques for diving at high altitude for the...
Air Date: 1969-10-28
The Calypso crew follows 35-ton California gray whales on their annual breeding migration. The crew of the Calypso st...
Air Date: 1970-01-16
The crew observes as 20 million squid amass in coastal waters to mate, spawn and die. In the waters off southern Cali...
Air Date: 1970-02-08
Cousteau and his team study the life and death of the sea elephant, a massive sea mammal which returns each year to t...
Air Date: 1970-03-10
The history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualu...
Air Date: 1970-03-28
After more than 140,000 nautical miles travelled aboard the Calypso, and having shot around two million feet of film,...
Air Date: 1970-11-24
The Cousteau team follows the spawning migration of the red sockeye salmon from the open sea to the Alaskan waters of...
Air Date: 1971-05-14
Truk lagoon in the South Pacific, the site of a fierce battle during WWII, is now home to around 50 sunken Japanese v...
Air Date: 1971-02-24
The crew journey to the Galapagos Islands to study the marine iguana, a mysterious dragon-like creature that has reve...
Air Date: 1971-03-19
The strange geological phenomenon of 'blue holes' is investigated by Captain Cousteau and his team, as they discover ...
Air Date: 1971-09-26
In the North Aleutian Islands, Cousteau and his crew observe the rough courtship and tender mating of the sea otter, ...
Air Date: 1971-12-21
The crew travels to the cypress glades of East Florida to film the manatee, a vegetarian creature of the sea whose cl...
Air Date: 1972-01-24
The crew studies the eight-armed octopus's life cycle and ongoing evolutionary process.
Air Date: 1972-02-25
The crew isolates a pair of dolphins to study the species' remarkable sonar system.
Air Date: 1972-11-05
The crew films the walrus lolling on Arctic ice floes and swimming in the frigid sea.
Air Date: 1973-01-11
The crew dives at night to observe the Nautilus -- a living marine fossil.
Air Date: 1973-02-16
The crew swims among crocodiles to capture the quick-tempered hippo in action beneath the water.
Air Date: 1973-03-12
The Calypso crew records the plaintive, melodious songs of migrating humpback whales.
Air Date: 1973-11-29
The crew climbs glaciers, examines whale bones and watches a volcano.
Air Date: 1974-01-21
The crew observes penguins feeding, mating and raising young.
Air Date: 1974-03-03
The crew dives below the ice, and sails above in a hot-air balloon.
Air Date: 1974-03-22
The disabled Calypso becomes trapped during a three-day blizzard.
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The Calypso sails to Tierra del Fuego to film the disappearing Qawashqar Indians.
Air Date: 1975-01-06
Underwater cameras capture beavers at work and resting in their dams during winter.
Air Date: 1975-11-15
Cousteau studies the rapidly disappearing red-coral forests of the Mediterranean Sea.
Air Date: 1975-11-15
Cousteau investigates reports of sharks seen resting in underwater caves.
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The crew journeys off the coast of Mexico to Isla Isabela to study tropical birds.
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Cousteau explores the beauty and life of an ancient and complex ecosystem.
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Calypso's divers search Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for different species of groupers.
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Lobsters gather annually at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for a migratory journey.