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Global Explorer ROV

Global Explorer ROV is a unique deep water remotely operated vehicle that has made numerous dives below 9,000' on science and survey expeditions for National Geographic, NOAA and other important research organizations.

In August, 2007, Global Explorer ROV was instrumental in locating the USS Grunion, which, with seventy men on board, disappeared during WWII and had been listed by the US Navy as "missing in action, cause unknown". The expedition to locate the submarine was financed and arranged by the family of the commander of the USS Grunion, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele.

References

• _{Bodil Bluhm (Sept. 5, 2002). "Getting to the Bottom...of Arctic Seafloor Communities", NOAA.}
• _{Jennifer Steinberg Holland (January 2004). "Northern Exposer", National Geographic.}
• _{Jerry Caba (June 30, 2005). "Arctic ROV Operations", NOAA.}
• _{Larry Madin (October 15, 2007). Exploring the Inner Space of the Celebes Sea 2007, NOAA}
• _{Gerald Reilly (October 2008). "The Search for the USS Grunion and 70 Men on Eternal Patrol", Sea Technology.}
• _{Scott C. France, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (March 13-31, 2009). Deep-water Connections: Probing the Southern Limits of Distribution of North Atlantic Deep-Sea Coral Communities, NOAA.}