The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins 2013
The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
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...
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...
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 4 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Himself
MF
Mélanie Faye... Narrator
GC
Gaël Clément... Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
... Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
... Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
... Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
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Release Date:
Nov 02, 2013 (France)
Run Time:
1hr 31`
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Original Language:
French
Production Countries:
France
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins - The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
Directors & Credit Writers
... Assistant Director
GK
Gil Kébaïli... Director
Cast
... Himself
MF
Mélanie Faye... Narrator
GC
Gaël Clément... Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
... Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
... Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
... Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
... Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
... Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
... Self - Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
MH
Marc Herbin... Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN
KS
Kerry Sink... Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity
... Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Produced By
... Executive Producer
ALN
Angèle Le Névé... Production Director