On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. They collect sea urchins, sea snails called abalone and other food—and ...
(CNN) — An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community of women: the Haenyeo. These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Emily Padjen, who goes by simply Padjen, is a Utah native and USA free-diver based out of the Caribbean island of Dominica. She recently set a record in free immersion with CMAS USA ...
A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could help them survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...
The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the chilly waters separating the Korean Peninsula and Japan, where generations of ...
Years ago, while working to build an orphanage in Tanzania, Renee Blundon got into ocean swimming for exercise. Swimming turned into snorkeling, then to scuba diving, to underwater hockey and ...
First, the team assessed physiological traits related to diving in women from three populations: Haenyeo in Jeju, non-Haenyeo in Jeju, and non-Haenyeo from mainland South Korea. The researchers ...
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