A film series in which the famous underwater explorer takes his oceanographic vessel Calypso on a voyage of adventure and scientific discovery.
Leaving the oceans for a time Cousteau and his men take their equipment some 12,000 feet up to explore the world's highest lake, situated in the Andes. They search the depths for ancient ruins and treasure which the Incas dumped there. And find, among other things, a rare toad
Produced by Les Requins Associes and Metromedia Producers Corporation (from Bristol: first shown on BBC2)