• Mapping the Historical Shipwreck Figaro in the High Arctic Using Underwater Sensor-Carrying Robots 

      Mogstad, Aksel Alstad; Ødegård, Øyvind; Nornes, Stein Melvær; Ludvigsen, Martin; Johnsen, Geir; Sørensen, Asgeir Johan; Berge, Jørgen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-19)
      In 2007, a possible wreck site was discovered in Trygghamna, Isfjorden, Svalbard by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. Using (1) a REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with a sidescan sonar (SSS) and (2) a Seabotix LBV 200 mini-remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a high-definition (HD) camera, the wreck was in 2015 identified as the Figaro: a floating whalery that sank in 1908. ...