Reconciling humankind with the wild

Reconciling humankind with the wild

The call of the wide-open sea and his love of deep-sea diving however proved too strong for him and he went to study for a doctorate in oceanography and became a professional diver. One day in 1985, his life changed when he met Jacques- Yves Cousteau. Suddenly he found him- self on board Cousteau’s Calypso as its scientific advisor and, over thirteen years, worked on over twenty missions with the renowned deep-sea explorer. In recent years, alongside his wife Véronique, he has been studying sperm whales off the coast of the Ile Maurice, diving into their umwelt to understand them and build relationships with their pods. In his work, wild life within the ocean depths becomes a source of wisdom, reflection, philosophy and harmony. The journalist Coralie Schaub asked him for an extensive inter- view about his life in the ocean depths, his thoughts and experiences, and he accepted