Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française. (see Wikipedia full article)

Cousteau Society biography

Related: PBS Jean-Michel Cousteau, Ocean Adventures - Sharks at Risk.

MegaTransect

MegaTransect was the name for a project conducted in Africa in 1999 by J. Michael Fay to spend 455 days on the expedition hike of 2000 km across the Congo Basin of Africa to survey the ecological and environmental status of the region. 'MegaTransect' is named for the transect methodology.

For 15 months Wildlife Conservation Society biologist J. Michael Fay hiked across central Africa (map)—2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) through dense forests and remote villages—to Africa’s Atlantic coast.

Along the way Fay and his team surveyed the land and wildlife of the Congo River Basin, recording animals and plants that may well become threatened as humans press into the wilds.

Mike Fay later went on to carry out the MegaFlyover in 2004.



See also National Geographic description