Introduction Free diving is a sport where people dive underwater as deep as they can without carrying air tanks, so just by holding their breath. We hear about Herbert Nitsch who holds the world record for the deepest free dive and find out how and why he does it - plus we'll teach some useful vocabulary along the way. This week's questionOn dry land, at sea level, the pressure or weight of all the air above us is known as an atmosphere. How far underwater do you have to go until the weight of water is equal in pressure to another atmosphere? Is it: A: 1 metre B: 10 metres C: 100 metres Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularylungs
the organs in our body we use for breathing urge
a strong need or desire to do something spooky
scary and mysterious intimidating
overpowering and frightening in a way that makes you lose confidence to be deprived of
to not have something you usually have, to have something taken away sensations
physical feelings and senses like sight and sound Transcript Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript
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