The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau

Captain Cousteau and his ship the Calypso visit the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in order to study shark behaviour and to test methods of protecting shipwreck and...

The team travels to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, an area teeming with animal and plant life, and where numemous complex relationships between different species are played o...

The island ot Europa, in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar, is the foremost breeding ground of the mysterious sea turtle. The crew's cameras follow the turtles'...

The Calypso divers study finback, sperm and killer whales, monitoring their migratory habits by planting small tags in their skin. Captain Cousteau also recounts the romance and le...

Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso adopt a pair of fur seals off the Cape of Good Hope. During an Atlantic crossing the men begin to establish a relationship of trust and...

The crew sets out on a treasure hunt to the Caribbean in search of the wreck of La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, a Spanish ship that sank over 300 years ago carrying more than $...

The divers travel inland to Peru's Lake Titicaca, testing experimental techniques for diving at high altitude for the first time. Deep in the lake they discover a unique species of...

The Calypso crew follows 35-ton California gray whales on their annual breeding migration. The crew of the Calypso studies the little-known California grey whale, as this once-enda...

The crew observes as 20 million squid amass in coastal waters to mate, spawn and die. In the waters off southern California the Calypso happens upon the savage, yet touching, spawn...

Cousteau and his team study the life and death of the sea elephant, a massive sea mammal which returns each year to the small island of Guadalupe for ritual combat, mating and bree...

The history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualung in 1942, the first bathyscaphe in 1948, the diving saucer in...

After more than 140,000 nautical miles travelled aboard the Calypso, and having shot around two million feet of film, Cousteau shares his personal thoughts on the challenges they f...

The Cousteau team follows the spawning migration of the red sockeye salmon from the open sea to the Alaskan waters of their birth, up the Salmon River to remote Fraser Lake.

Truk lagoon in the South Pacific, the site of a fierce battle during WWII, is now home to around 50 sunken Japanese vessels. The crew explores the Pacific lagoon to learn how marin...

The crew journey to the Galapagos Islands to study the marine iguana, a mysterious dragon-like creature that has reversed the course of evolution and returned to the sea for food a...

The strange geological phenomenon of 'blue holes' is investigated by Captain Cousteau and his team, as they discover an undersea 'cathedral' one hundred feet below the surface.

In the North Aleutian Islands, Cousteau and his crew observe the rough courtship and tender mating of the sea otter, before continuing to Monterey where the otter's existence is be...

The crew travels to the cypress glades of East Florida to film the manatee, a vegetarian creature of the sea whose closest living relative is the elephant. Learning of the plight o...

The crew studies the eight-armed octopus's life cycle and ongoing evolutionary process.

The crew isolates a pair of dolphins to study the species' remarkable sonar system.

The crew films the walrus lolling on Arctic ice floes and swimming in the frigid sea.

The crew dives at night to observe the Nautilus -- a living marine fossil.

The crew swims among crocodiles to capture the quick-tempered hippo in action beneath the water.

The Calypso crew records the plaintive, melodious songs of migrating humpback whales.

The crew climbs glaciers, examines whale bones and watches a volcano.

The crew observes penguins feeding, mating and raising young.

The crew dives below the ice, and sails above in a hot-air balloon.

The disabled Calypso becomes trapped during a three-day blizzard.

The Calypso sails to Tierra del Fuego to film the disappearing Qawashqar Indians.

Underwater cameras capture beavers at work and resting in their dams during winter.

Cousteau studies the rapidly disappearing red-coral forests of the Mediterranean Sea.

Cousteau investigates reports of sharks seen resting in underwater caves.

The crew journeys off the coast of Mexico to Isla Isabela to study tropical birds.

Cousteau explores the beauty and life of an ancient and complex ecosystem.

Calypso's divers search Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for different species of groupers.

Lobsters gather annually at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for a migratory journey.