Before the vessel had even come to a stop, an older woman in a wetsuit, fins and a mask stepped into the water. Two others followed her. These women, whose plunge Ilardo captured on video, belong to a ...

A couple of years ago, Melissa Ilardo found herself aboard a motorboat traversing the ocean around Jeju Island ... no matter how cold it is." The women start diving as girls and continue well ...

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving ... women, whose plunge Ilardo captured on video, belong to a long line of female free divers on Jeju Island ...

to dive for longer.” Ilardo decided to compare the Haenyeo to other elderly women on Jeju Island who aren’t divers but have a similar genetic background, and to still others off-island who ...