For more than 1,700 years, haenyeo have been diving in the sea, harvesting shellfish and seaweed. In the Korean province of Jeju, sea women dive up to ten meters holding their breath for over two minutes, with no breathing equipment. The profession is practiced today by a majority of women in their 60s and older, who dive all year round, wearing old-fashioned headlight-shaped scuba masks. With wrinkled faces and grey hair they are likely be the last generation of haenyeo. These women have been often described as sea warriors, risking their lives scouring the ocean floor.
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