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Motive
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Defend ocean life
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Fought to preserve our planet for future generations
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Fought against the testing and use of nuclear
weapons
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Produced his films and television shows, and
wrote his books to finance his explorations
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Personality Traits
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Visionary
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Inventive, brilliant scientist
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Abundant energy
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Warm
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Teacher
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Success
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Perfected the Aqualung with Emile Gagnan,
allowing a diver to stay underwater for several hours
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Made full-length films, film shorts, and numerous
television films
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Won Academy Award for best documentary twice,
with "The Silent World (1956) and "World Without Sun" (1966)
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Author of many books
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Explored the Amazon River
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Brought the wonder and mystery of the oceans
and its creatures into the lives of people everywhere
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Help to developed a one-person jet-propelled
submarine
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Helped to start the first manned undersea
colonies
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War hero, decorated with the Legion of Honor,
France's highest honor
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Failure
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Expelled from high school for breaking 17
of the school's windows, and was sent to a strict boarding school
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Wanted to become a navy pilot, but was injured
in a near-fatel car crash, and was denied his wings
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Changed the World
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Showed the world the beauty of the sea through
his explorations, films and writings
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Opened up Antarctica to the world by televising
for the first time the extraordinary beauty of sculptured ice formations
under the sea
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Ted Turner, vice chairman of Time Warner,
owner of CNN said, "I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the
environmental movement."
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Influenced the protection of Alaska, the Antarctic
and the Amazon
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