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Jean-Michel Cousteau, President, Ocean Futures Society
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Jean-Michel Cousteau, his son Fabien Cousteau and his daughter Celine Cousteau.
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Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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Fabien Cousteau
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Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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A decomposing Laysan Albatross chick with a gut full of plastic is an all too-common sight on the remote islands of NWHI.
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Holly Lohuis, Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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A double rainbow appeared at East Island while Sooty Terns flew by.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau walks along the beach at Laysan Island, littered with marine debris. In the background are remnants of a shipwreck and rusting Japanese long liner that sank, but is still visible in the sand.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau views the shocking sight of 82 tons of marine debris collected by NOAA's team at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in a brief two and a half week period.
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After searching for food for miles across the vast Pacific, a Black-Footed Albatross feeds its hungry chick a meal. While the meal contains nutritious fish eggs and squid, it also unfortunately includes tiny bits of plastic, picked up by the adult bird in the foraging process.
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Tove Petterson, Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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Schools of over 75 Galapagos sharks, like this one, swam under the Searcher during the three-day expedition stop at Kure Atoll.
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This image reflects key components of a healthy coral reef ecosystem in the NWHI: invertebrates, fish and a Galapagos Shark -- a top predator in the food chain.
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The expedition team experiences great diving conditions: excellent visibility in blue, crystal clear water in the NHWI.
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Explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer -- for more than four decades Jean-Michel Cousteau has used his vast experiences to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.
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One of the goals of Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures and Ocean Futures Society is to show people the value of healthy coral reefs, how they are threatened by human activity and what can be done to protect them.
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Dr. Richard Murphy, Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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Andre Hartman touches a great white shark's nose.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau makes contact with a great white shark.
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The camera gets a close-up of a nearby great white.
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The dive team points to a Great White shark to alert each other
of its presence.
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A gray whale calf head.
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Ocean Futures Society and KQED
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Jean-Michel Cousteau touches the nose of an emerging gray
whale.
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A sign alerts watchers to the abundance of gray whales.
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