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May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
Biologist
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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