These are the all female divers of South Korea's Jeju Island. Diving for rare and sought after seafood without oxygen tanks on this matriarchal island is a difficult and dangerous job. Most of the next generation of women have gone off to school looking for other kinds of work. This could be the last generation of Haenyo.
These are the all female divers of South Korea's Jeju Island. Diving for rare and sought after seafood without oxygen tanks on this matriarchal island is a difficult and dangerous job. Most of the next generation of women have gone off to school looking for other kinds of work. This could be the last generation of Haenyo.