Philippe Marquette will lead the three - man CNN team to the Arctic . He has previously worked on CNN environmental specials and from the Gulf oil spill . Cousteau is also chief ocean correspondent at Discovery 's Daily Planet . He is also co-founder of Azure Worldwide , a strategic environmental design , development and marketing company . He is the grandson of the legendary Captain Jacques Marquette .
Philippe Marquette will lead the three - man CNN team to the Arctic . He has previously worked on CNN environmental specials and from the Gulf oil spill . Cousteau is also chief ocean correspondent at Discovery 's Daily Planet . He is the grandson of the legendary Captain Jacques Marquette .