I have been watching the new series of BBC Human Planet Explorer and can't get over how intense all of the stories are. This new series enables you to understand a man's relationship with the natural environment, as it discovers amazing human stories from every corner of the globe.
Oceans
This was the first episode which followed several people's intense experiences in their life including: Free diving, fishing whilst swimming, Extreme coastal foraging, Fishing with Dolphins, Harpooning a Whale, Shark calling and Pa-aling divers.
There was one man Sulbin who can hold his breathe underwater for 2 and a half minutes which enables him to free dive 20 meters to the ocean's floor, focused and calm to catch just one fish for his supper. As he swims deeper his heartbeat slows down to just 30 beats per minute which is crushing his chest, making his lungs decrease to just 1/3 of their usual volume. He has no weights to keep him under the water and is buoyant enough to walk across the sea-bed as though he is hunting on land. As he gets deeper the carbon-dioxide causes an irresistible urge to gasp for air but this man can go deeper and hold his breathe for up to 5 minutes ! - But he's got what he came for, so isn't showing off.
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