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Cousteau collection volume 1
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English
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"Australia: Fortunes in the Sea: The northwest coast of Australia is home to a dazzling array of marine life -- and the site of human drama. Impoverished Indonesia fishermen, their homeland depleted of oceanic wealth, ply Australian waters in rickety boats. With handmade goggles and a gulp of air, they dive for the sea's bounty. But Australia's aboriginal people, who depend on the same waters are deterined to conserve these valuable resources. Mel...
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Cousteau collection volume 2
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English
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"Australia: Out west down under: Jacques Cousteau journeys to an underwater time capsule. Off the barren west coast of Australia lie shallow coral outposts rich with a variety and abundance of marine life that were common in many areas when Cousteau started his diving career and are all too rare today. Here sea snakes that left land 20-million years ago, docile sea cows, 100-pound groupers and pearlers who practice sustainable fishing. Mel Gibson...
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Cousteau collection volume 3
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English
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The crocodile now flourishes in Australia's Kakadu National Park along with monitor lizards, one-third of Australia's bird species, and aboriginal people who mastered the use of fire to control their environment. The Cousteau teams also visits Kangaroo Island. Then it's on to a different kind of ocean, a mummified landscape in the Australian interior that 350-million years ago was a seabed abundant with life.
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Cousteau collection volume 4
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English
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"New Zealand : the rose and the dragon: Two thousand miles along, bathed by subtropical waters at its north and sub-antarctic waters at its south, New Zealand beckons the Calypso to explore. From coastal sea grottoes to the dark waters of fjords, a rich array of marine life, including argonauts, octopi, Medusa jellyfish, and feathery black coral, astonish the eye. On land, steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots attest to new Zealand's reputation as...
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Cousteau collection volume 6
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English
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Papua New Guinea : river of the crocodile men: The Cousteau travel up the Sepik River to explore an ancient culture where the crocodile is hunted, feared and revered as master of the spirit world. Papua New Guinea: the center of fire: The Cousteau team explores undersea relicas of World War II. On land they share memories with eyewitnesses and natives that rescued the Black Jack crew, an American B-17 shot down during the war.
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Cousteau collection volume 5
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English
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New Zealand: The Cousteau team are in New Zealand when an earthquake hits. The explore White Island, then discover the underwater link. Papua New Guinea: The Cousteau team visits Papua New Guinea to meet the inhabitants who use magic to fish and speak almost half the world's languages.