The lower blood pressure while diving keeps the women and their unborn children safe even when they dive during pregnancy. There are over 3,000 female divers in Jeju, who are members of fishing ...

Called haenyeo, which literally means “sea women”, they rely solely on breath-holding techniques, diving as deep as 10m and staying underwater for up to two minutes, without breathing equipment.

Through digital storytelling of her daily dives, thirty-something 'haenyeo' Lee Ah-ran helps carry the island’s fading tradition of free-diving women For centuries, women on South Korea's Jeju ...

On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. ... Jeju Island, known for its female free divers, ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic ...

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 aren't related. There were about ...

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 South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic ...

A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific ...