Freediving
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Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such
9th century illustration of a pearl diver
A member of the Japanese team is thrown up in the air by other members under the water during the team's free routine at the 2013 French Open.
Two players compete for the puck in underwater hockey.
US Navy Students playing underwater football
Pearl hunting
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Pearl hunting, also known as pearl fishing or pearling, is the activity of recovering or attempting to recover pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hu
An ama pearl diver in Japan
A Ceylon Pearl Merchant (p.108, 1849)
Woodblock illustration of a Chinese pearl-diving boat, Song Yingxing's 1637 Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia of technology