Then-Spc. 5 Andrea Motley Crabtree in the Mark V deep sea dive suit at Fort Rucker, Ala., 1985. (Courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Andrea Motley Crabtree) Retired Army Master Sgt. Andrea Motley Crabtree ...

It was a remarkable moment in her remarkable life. "I was happy to be there, happy to be in that suit," said Crabtree, who told CBS News she was inspired by her father and grandfather, both veterans.

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The film captures the arduous work of South Korean haenyeo, who harvest seafood without diving gear, and whose traditions may be ending. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an ...

A group of women around 70 years old laugh and sing on a beach in Jeju, an island off South Korea, preparing to spend the day diving for shellfish. Moments later, they’ll plunge into frigid waters as ...

The Haenyeo women who dive deep into the East China Sea to harvest sea urchins and shellfish spend the most time underwater of any humans ever studied — one to five hours a day, researchers report ...

NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif., — One of the first female divers in the Navy and one of the first Filipino-Americans to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy retired this weekend after more than 30 years ...

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 ...

MINAMIBOSO, Japan, July 22 (Reuters) - Bearing torches that lit up the night as they swam out into the ocean, Japan's storied "ama" prayed for an abundant catch in a ceremony held by these female free ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that a remarkable group of women who free dive for seafood without oxygen, spend more time underwater than some diving mammals like sea beavers ...

For nearly four centuries, groups of women on South Korea’s Jeju Island have made a living by harvesting seafood from the ocean. Known as Haenyeo, meaning “women of the sea” in Korean, these women ...