free diver
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Alex Dawson has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024, for his image of a free diver examining the aftermath of whaling.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
“My name’s Kirk. I’m a free diver, and I’m going to hand you my card and say, ‘How long can you hold your breath?’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Atkins, an avid scuba and free diver who said he taught both his children to dive at age 5, wanted to bring the feeling of the sea into his home.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Almost a year after Pollard survived this attack, a free diver and spear fisher Norman Galli, then 50, dropped into a glassy sea off a small island near Albany, a five-hour drive further south.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2019
Natalia Molchanova, 53, a record-setting free diver, is presumed dead after she did not surface from a dive in the Balearic Sea, off the eastern coast of Spain.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
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