Few aspects of nonfiction film are more enthralling, or even cinematic, than watching experts doing something expertly. When the performance is something you would never do yourself, it’s ...

Despite glimpses of undated archival footage, history doesn’t get much attention in “Sea Women.” There is no mention of how such diving hereabouts dates back as far as the 5th century A.D ...

“We can’t stop diving; we have to go to the sea. Even in my next life, I will dive again. Just an old woman and the sea, forever.” Instead, younger haenyeo are represented solely by Woo and ...

A group of women on South Korea's largest island, Jeju, follow a unique tradition to put food on the table: They freedive to depths of nearly 33 feet (10 meters) without using any special equipment.

The haenyeo (“sea women”) dive and swim in the depths of the ocean without any breathing gear, harvesting seafood like conch, urchin and octopus, which they sell to support their families.

Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low blood pressure. Laura is an Assistant Editor for The Scientist. She has a ...

The term "Haenyeo," or "sea women," refers to women who use free-diving techniques to retrieve shell fish from the sea floor. CREDIT: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily ...

These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, collecting sea urchin, abalone and other seafood from the ocean floor, descending as much as 60 feet (18 meters) beneath the surface multiple times ...

Few aspects of nonfiction film are more enthralling, or even cinematic, than watching experts doing something expertly. When the performance is something you would never do yourself, it’s daunting.