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[Guardian] S. Korea’s breathtaking deep sea diver women

April 8, 2015

 

Diver Yun Chun-kum (Courtesy of Hyung S. Kim for The Guardian)

Diver Yun Chun-kum (Courtesy of Hyung S. Kim for The Guardian)

[THE GUARDIAN]

For centuries, haenyeo (sea women) from the island province of Jeju have made their living diving for seafood on the ocean floor … without ever using an air tank. They dive as deep as 10 meters for two minutes at a time, with lead weights strapped to their waists so they sink faster, and they leave a flotation device (or tewak) on the surface with a net hanging beneath it to store all the creatures they find.

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