Jacques Cousteau's grandson breaks underwater record

Описание: Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of legendary French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, emerged from the deep after 31 days in an undersea lab off the Florida Keys.
The 46-year-old Cousteau - whose efforts bested a 30-day mark set by his grandfather a half-century ago - and his "Mission 31" returned to Islamorada after a gruelling schedule of underwater experiments.
His team cheered and greeted him with hugs at the coastal Florida International University facility that operates the bus-sized Aquarius Reef Base undersea research laboratory, the only one of its kind and located 65ft below the surface.
"This has been a monumental success on multiple levels," Cousteau told a press conference.
Cousteau said he was "elated" about the quality of the work, but "exhausted" from spending more than a month under water, where his team carried out a battery of experiments, some of it streamed live online.
The goal of the mission launched on June 1 was to observe marine life, the effects of pollution on coral and how long-term underwater stays affect people.
Scientists took daily diving trips outside the lab to carry out experiments also focused on climate change and ocean acidification.
Source: AFP / ITN

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