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JULES VERNE |
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Jules Verne…
He is one of those authors that make you wonder if time machines have been
invented after all.
He wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", predicting humans living and working for very long periods in the deep oceans. |
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CAPTAIN JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU |
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Jacques-Yves…
Cousteau has been called the "explorer of the world of silence". He invented SCUBA and pioneered unaided deep sea diving and underwater photography.
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HANS AND LOTTE HASS |
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German naturalists and divers Hans and Lotte Hass…
Their intrepid underwater films, such as 'Undersea World Of Adventure' were dubbed for English and German audiences, and they proved very popular in Britain.
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DR. ISMAIL SERAGELDIN |
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Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina…
With his efforts, the year of 1997 was named the "year of the reef", and because of his unequalled efforts to protect and preserve coral reefs, a new coral species was named after him. |
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