Adventure is where you find it..Dive in!
From "Spirit of Aloha" March/April 2004

For many people, Hawaii is a remote,dream destination, far from congested crowds and unpleasant weather. But for a young, talented group of ocean explorers, led by Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the renowned Jacques Cousteau, Hawaii was the last civilized stop on the way to the most remote and inaccessible islands in the world—the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Read Article (PDF)

Islands in the filthy stream
By: Tim Friend, USA Today

The remote and once pristine Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have become one of the world's great trash bins for cigarette lighters, toys from fast-food kiddie meals, soda bottles, toothbrushes and hundreds of tons of drift nets abandoned by commercial fishing vessels.  Read Article

Remote Hawaiian Islands Littered With Trash
By: J.R. Pegg

WASHINGTON, DC, (ENS) - There is little chance most of us will have the opportunity to see firsthand the natural beauty of the 1,200 miles of coral reefs, atolls and small islands known collectively as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. But there is a good chance some of our trash will.  Read Article

Cousteau Heir to Revive TV Ocean Voyage Genre
By: Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With a new generation of aquanauts on deck and high-definition cameras rolling, Jean Michel Cousteau has set sail to remote Hawaiian Islands in hopes of reviving interest in televised ocean exploration made popular by his late father Jacques Cousteau.  Read Article

Cousteau Reaches Remote Pacific Atoll
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By: John Roach, for National Geographic

After 20 days at sea, Jean-Michel Cousteau and his crew of 22 landed the Searcher July 26 at Kure, the northernmost atoll in the world and turning point of their expedition to make a documentary film about one of the last pristine, large-scale coral reef ecosystems on the planet.  Read Article

Cousteau Finds "Horrifying" Trash on Desert Islands
National Geographic Online - 5-part series
By: John Roach, for National Geographic

Derelict fishing nets, plastic bottles, cigarette lighters, television tubes, spray cans, broken toys, and thousands of other pieces of plastic and non-biodegradable junk converge on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands every year, scarring a seascape nearly void of people with tons of human waste.  Read Article

Cousteau, Hawaiians Set Sail to Raise Awareness
National Geographic Online - 5-part series
By: John Roach, for National Geographic

On board a modern research vessel laden with cutting-edge scuba gear and high-definition video cameras, Jean-Michel Cousteau is documenting a 1,200-mile (2,000-kilometer) long chain of remote islands and coral reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean to raise awareness of its uniqueness and the need for its protection.  Read Article

Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecosystem a Unique Treasure
National Geographic Online - 5-part series
By: John Roach, for National Geographic

For the past 50 million years the Pacific Plate has slowly crept over a stationary plume of magma deep in the Earth's mantle, allowing the formation of a chain of islands that today comprise the most remote, large scale coral reef ecosystem on the planet.  Read Article

Cousteau Finds Pacific Islands Littered
By: Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) - Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau headed to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands imagining unspoiled terrain - pristine masses of land in the middle of nowhere. Instead what he found was shocking: Hundreds of tons of trash, thousands of dead seabirds, the ocean used as a garbage can.  Read Article

For Cousteau, magical surname equals an ocean of dreams
By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

HONOLULU — Aboard the vessel he will command on a six-week Pacific journey, a beaming Jean-Michel Cousteau extends his arm, bottled water in hand. "The source of life," he says, taking a swig. Water keeps Cousteau alive in many ways. It's not only his sustenance, it's his pleasure, his passion, his plight.  Read Article

Cousteau legend on the seas again
By: Nick Easen

(CNN) -- Like his father before him, Jean-Michel Cousteau is braving the high Pacific seas to explore one of the most remote islands on the planet: Kure.  Read Article

Like father like son, Cousteau returns to the sea
By: Tim Friend, USA TODAY

Like father like son. The heir to the magical realm of ocean exploration created in the 1960s by the late Jacques Cousteau has launched his own expedition, hoping to inspire a new generation to fall in love with the sea.  Read Article

Cousteau to Explore Remote Pacific Islands
National Geographic Online - 5-part series
By: John Roach, for National Geographic

Jean-Michel Cousteau embarked Sunday on a voyage along a 1,200-mile (2,000-kilometer) chain of remote islands and coral reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean to document the marine life that thrives there and the traces of humankind that linger.  Read Article

Jean-Michel Cousteau begins a voyage to document marine life
Northwest isles will star in TV special
By: Rosemarie Bernardo, Honolulu Star Bulletin

The son of ocean research pioneer Jacques Cousteau has embarked on a six-week expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to record its pristine coral reef for television viewers. "We will be able to highlight a place that doesn't need to be restored, but needs to be protected," said Jean-Michel Cousteau.  Read Article

Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau to carry on father's filmmaking legacy
By: The Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) - Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau has set off on a six-week filmmaking expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, carrying on his father's legacy of bringing images of far-flung places into the homes of millions.  Read Article

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