Nice to see this video pop up on HN, I had watched it just a few days ago. I still can remember the exciting reports of the Calypso's exploration on TV in the 7

Nice to see this video pop up on HN, I had watched it just a few days ago. I still can remember the exciting reports of the Calypso's exploration on TV in the 70ies. Faszinating to see the background of how everything came to be. From the beginnings being a very modest ship and continiously being enhanced until it became the almost sci-fi (for that time) exploration vessel. And how much Jaques Custeau had to work and invest to make it happen. How much he had to actually invent what we take for granted today. The best fun-fact in my eyes was how not only the diesel and water tanks were expanded over time, but a wine-tank was added to the vessel. But that seems natural when you consider that the crew was French and they took multi-year journeys far away from good wine supply.