The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
- A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project
Gombessa Expedition 1 To dive for the Coelacanth is to go back in time. In 1938, when it was known only as a fossil, a Coelacanth was discovered in South Africa in a fisherman's net. This species bears witness to an evolutionary bifurcation 380 million years ago, and bears the marks of a great event: the day the fish left the ocean for the open air. Does it hold the secret to the transition to walking on land? In 2010, a marine biologist and outstanding diver, Laurent Ballesta, took the first photographs of the Coelacanth in its ecosystem. In April 2013, divers and researchers set down their equipment at the Sodwana base camp in South Africa, in the club founded by Peter Timm (who died in 2014). Six weeks of extreme diving at depths of over 120 meters, in an attempt to film the Coelacanth with a double-headed camera, collect its DNA and tag a subject with a satellite-linked beacon...
Release Date : 2013-11-02
Language :EnglishFrench
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : ARTELes Films d'IciAndromède OcéanologieCNRS Images
Production Country : France
Alternative Titles : The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
Cast
Character Name : Self - Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin
Original Name : Laurent Ballesta
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
Original Name : Gaël Clément
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
Original Name : Peter Timm
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Original Name : Emmanuel Blanche
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Original Name : Florian Holon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Original Name : Thibault Rauby
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Original Name : Yanick Gentil
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN
Original Name : Marc Herbin
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity
Original Name : Kerry Sink
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Original Name : Cédric Gentil
Gender : Male
Character Name : Narrator (voice)
Original Name : Mélanie Faye
Gender : Male
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