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Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso set sail to research far-off cultures and species of aquatic fauna and flora in another of the explorer's nature...
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  • Haiti: Waters of Sorrow
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    Haiti: Waters of Sorrow

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/23/1986

    When Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti in 1492 he described a different Haiti, an island that has suffered centuries of exploitation and people who now live in the misery of over-population.

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  • Cuba: Waters of Destiny
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    Cuba: Waters of Destiny

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/30/1986

    The Cousteau team discover in the waters around Cuba a richness that divers have not seen in any other part of the Caribbean Sea for at least twenty years. The team film the strange vertical position of the shark whale whilst feeding. Captain Cousteau also discovers in President Fidel Castro a common love of the sea.

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  • Cape Horn: Waters of the Wind
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    Cape Horn: Waters of the Wind

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/6/1986

    Alcyone's debut and its first major test as a research and diving platform sharing duties with the Calypso. Alcyone and her team challenge the seas of Cape Horn, widely thought to be the most dangerous ocean passage in the world. The team film huge glactiers, giant crabs, huge albatrosses and tiny penguins. Alcyone herself nearly joins the victims of The Horn when she strikes a hidden rock.

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  • Sea of Cortez: Legacy of Cortez
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    Sea of Cortez: Legacy of Cortez

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/13/1986

    Captain Cousteau and the crew of the Alcyone head northward from Cape Horn to investigate Mexico's fabled Sea of Cortez. The youngest and deepest of all the world's ocean gulfs; the seas is risch with marine creatures - birds and sea lions, fish and mammals. The Cousteau team compile the first complete record of the feeding behaviour of the elusive finback whale, the mating of the mama rays and spawning rites of the grunion.

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  • Marquesas islands: Mountains from the Sea
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    Marquesas islands: Mountains from the Sea

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/20/1986

    The Cousteau team on board the Calyspo set sail for the South Pasific and the Marquseas Islands. Once hearty and independent, the people suffered death and destruction under the Spaniards and the Missionaries. Today, these fiercely proud people remain linked to the ancient rituals and customs of the past. The Cousteau cameras capture the beauty of the Marquesas from the highest waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere to mountain streams teeming with blue tropical fish.

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  • Channel Islands I: Waters of Contention
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    Channel Islands I: Waters of Contention

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/27/1986

    The Channel Islands lie a few hours from the coast of California. Islands that have remained almost unchanged from prehistoric times due to the rocky coastlines and the violent sea. Divers from the Alcyone discover grey whales, carnivorous sea-otters, angel sharks, langouste, and lamp-fish. A rich and fertile sea life now threatened by commercial and sporting fishermen.

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  • Channel Islands II: Days of Future Past
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    Channel Islands II: Days of Future Past

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/4/1986

    Over the centuries the riches of the Channel Islands have drawn fishermen and seal hunters. However, man the exploror and hunter is becoming more of man the protector. The natural environment and the rare animals, thought to be almost extinct, are beginning to reappear - seals, garibaldis, foxes. However, scientists have been unable to find a single fish uncontaminated by the toxic wastes from Los Angeles. Jean-Michel Cousteau appears before a congressional hearing to air his observations and recommendations on the Channel Islands. A new oceanic policy is now under consideration.

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  • New Zealand I: The Rose and the Dragon
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    New Zealand I: The Rose and the Dragon

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/11/1986

    Captain Cousteau and his team rediscover New Zealand. The Calypso travels around its coastline whilst a land team crosses more than 42,000 kilometres of countyside. New Zealand extends from the sub-tropical zone to the sub Antartic and, therefore, has an immensely varied fauna and flora. The team discover amongst the wonders of New Zealand: the Argonaut, the kiwi, black coral, and the giant moa.

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  • New Zealand II: The Heron of the Single Flight
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    New Zealand II: The Heron of the Single Flight

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/18/1986

    Captain Cousteau recognizes and discusses the problem of fishing around the coast of New Zealand. The Calypso divers meet the endangered elephant fish and film families of sea-lions. The Cousteau team also takes an interest in the plight of the first inhabitants of New Zealand - the Maori.

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  • New Zealand III: The Surrounding Sea
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    New Zealand III: The Surrounding Sea

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/25/1986

    New Zealand, an island of three climates, sub-Antartic, temperate and sub-tropical. An island of fire, ice and earthquake. Captain Cousteau and team journey to New Zealnd's furthermost points: White Island with its still alive volcano: North Cape where the Cousteau divers discover a harmonious ecosystem: Fjoriand where, by helicopter, the team follows the beautiful deer.

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  • Tahiti: Fire Waters
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    Tahiti: Fire Waters

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/1/1986

    Tahiti, once a South Pacific paradise, has gradually fallen prey to tourism, technology, and most frightening of all, the nuclear weapon. Whilst exploring the famed underwater MacDonald Seamount, the Cousteau divers are startled by a pre-eruption quake which is a live demostration of the forces that created the Tahitian islands. The Cousteau team dive with local fishermen hunting for the precious black pearls. Captain Cousteau investiagtes the rationale behind the underground nuclear tests taking place around the island of Mururoa.

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  • Cocos island: Sharks of Treasure Island
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    Cocos island: Sharks of Treasure Island

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/8/1986

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  • Bering Sea: Twilight of the Alaskan Hunter
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    Bering Sea: Twilight of the Alaskan Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/15/1986

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  • New Zealand: The Smoldering Sea
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    New Zealand: The Smoldering Sea

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/22/1986

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  • Australia: The Last Barrier
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    Australia: The Last Barrier

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/29/1986

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  • Borneo: The Ghost of the Sea Turtle
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    Borneo: The Ghost of the Sea Turtle

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/5/1986

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  • Papua New Guinea: Into the Time Machine
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    Papua New Guinea: Into the Time Machine

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/12/1986

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  • Papua New Guinea: River of Crocodile Men
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    Papua New Guinea: River of Crocodile Men

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/19/1986

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  • Papua New Guinea: Center of Fire
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    Papua New Guinea: Center of Fire

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/26/1986

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  • Thailand: Convicts of the Sea
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    Thailand: Convicts of the Sea

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/3/1986

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  • Borneo: Forests without Land
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    Borneo: Forests without Land

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/10/1986

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  • Andaman: Invisible Islands
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    Andaman: Invisible Islands

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/17/1986

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