“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.”

About Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Oceanographer • French

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a pioneering French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker, and author who dedicated his life to studying the sea. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, a device that opened the oceans to human...