“Having this type of access to the ocean is necessary for any changes to be made.”

For Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, water has been a way of life. As an aquanaut and ocean conservationist, Cousteau has dedicated his life to following in his grandfather’s footsteps and unraveling the mysteries of life underwater. Now, he’s focused on a new goal—to create the world’s largest underwater research laboratory.

Named after a mythological sea god, Proteus will be a 4,000-square-foot livable habitat for ocean researchers. Building on the legacy of the underwater bases Jacques Cousteau pioneered in the 1960s, Proteus takes things a step forward. Equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories, it will allow researchers to process their samples in real-time. The underwater research habitat, which will be located off the coast of Curaçao at 60 feet underwater, will become the ISS of the sea.[…]

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