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
9th century drawing of a pearl diver
A Ceylon Pearl Merchant (p.108, 1849)
Woodblock illustration of a Chinese pearl-diving boat, Song Yingxing's 1637 Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia of technology
Freediving
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Freediving, free-diving, free diving, or breath-hold diving is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear
Pearl hunting
…manually accessible from the surface, and diving or the use of some form of tool is needed to reach them. Historically the molluscs were retrieved by freediving, a technique where the diver descends to the bottom, collects what they can, and surfaces on a single breath. The diving mask improved the ability of…
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