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EXHIBIT 4.8

                          Global Marine
               1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

                         First Amendment
                   ____________________________

     The Global Marine 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") is hereby amended as follows, effective upon approval of
this Amendment by the stockholders of Global Marine Inc. at said
company's 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment
thereof:

     1.  Clause I in the first sentence of paragraph 6.2(a)(i) of
the Plan, which currently reads "(I) 7,500,000 shares of stock;"
is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "(I)
15,000,000 shares of stock;".

     2.  Terms used in this Amendment and not defined herein are
used herein as they are defined in the Plan.  References in the
Plan to "this Plan" (and indirect references such as "hereof" and
"herein") are amended to refer to the Plan as amended by this
Amendment.

     3.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Plan shall
remain in full force and effect.EXHIBIT 4.14

                          GLOBAL MARINE
                      NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
                      RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
                   ____________________________

      SECTION 1 - NAME, PURPOSE, EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION

     This plan will be known as the Global Marine Non-Employee
Director Restricted Stock Plan.  The purposes of this plan are to
enable Global Marine Inc. ("Global Marine") to attract and retain
persons of outstanding competence to serve as its non-employee
directors and further identify the non-employee directors'
interests with those of its other stockholders by paying a
portion of the non-employee directors' compensation in restricted
shares of common stock of Global Marine.  This plan will become
effective as of the date of its approval by Global Marine's
stockholders, will be unlimited in duration, and, in the event of
plan termination, will remain in effect as long as any awards are
outstanding under the plan.

                   SECTION 2 - AVAILABLE STOCK

     An aggregate of 250,000 shares of common stock, $.10 par
value per share, of Global Marine will be available for delivery
pursuant to this plan.  The shares may be authorized but unissued
shares, reacquired shares, or both.  Any shares awarded under
this plan that are forfeited for any reason will again be
available for new awards under the plan.  In the event the number
of shares available on a particular day for awards under this
plan is insufficient to grant all awards to be granted on that
day as specified by the plan, then all directors who are entitled
to an award on such day will share ratably in the number of
shares then available.

                    SECTION 3 - PARTICIPATION

     Participation in this plan is limited to directors of Global
Marine who are not also employees of Global Marine or any of its
subsidiaries.  An employee-director who retires from employment
with Global Marine and its subsidiaries will become eligible to
participate in and receive awards of restricted stock under the
plan at the time of his or her first re-election as a non-
employee director.  For purposes of this plan "employee" includes
all individuals on the employee payroll of Global Marine or its
subsidiaries and excludes, without limitation, consultants who
are not on such payroll.

                        SECTION 4 - AWARDS

     For services rendered in the calendar quarter then ending,
an award will be made as of the last day of each March, June,
September, and December, commencing June 30, 2000, to each person
who is an eligible participant in the plan on the day of the
award and was an eligible participant for at least one month
prior to the day of the award.  Each award will consist of shares
of restricted common stock of Global Marine with an aggregate
value of $5,000 on the day of the award.  The number of shares of
stock subject to each award will be determined by dividing $5,000
by the value of a share of the stock on the day of the award
(such value being determined as set forth below in Section 5) and
then rounding down to the nearest whole number of shares.  The
restricted shares subject to each award will be immediately
issued and registered in the name of the participant, and such
issuance and registration will be evidenced by an entry on the
registry books of Global Marine and, if Global Marine so elects,
by a certificate issued by Global Marine, but the restricted
shares and such certificates, if any, will be expressly subject
to all of the restrictions, terms and conditions set forth below
in Section 6.

                 SECTION 5 - VALUATION OF SHARES

     The value of each share of stock awarded pursuant to this
plan will be the share's fair market value determined without
taking into account any restrictions applicable to the share.
The fair market value of a share of stock on a given day will be
(a) the mean between the high and low sales prices on that day
for a share of the stock as reported by The Wall Street Journal
under the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions
quotation system or under any successor quotation system; or (b)
if the stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the
mean between the high and low sales prices on that day for a
share of the stock as reported by THE WALL STREET JOURNAL under
the quotations system under which such sales prices are reported;
or (c) if THE WALL STREET JOURNAL does not report such sales
prices, the mean between the high and low sales prices on that
day for a share of the stock as reported by a newspaper or trade
journal selected by the Compensation Committee of Global Marine's
Board of Directors; or (d) if no such sales prices are available
for such day, the closing price as so reported or so quoted for
the immediately preceding business day; or (e) if no such
newspaper or trade journal reports such prices or if no such
price quotation is available, the price at which the Compensation
Committee of Global Marine's Board of Directors acting in good
faith determines through any reasonable valuation methods that a
share of stock might change hands between a willing buyer and a
willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell
and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.

        SECTION 6 - RESTRICTIONS, REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS,
                AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS

     (a)  Each participant will have the right to receive all
     dividends and other distributions made with respect to
     restricted shares awarded pursuant to this plan and
     registered in his or her name and will have the right to
     vote or execute proxies with respect to such registered
     restricted shares, unless and until such shares are
     forfeited pursuant to this plan.  All book entries and share
     certificates, if any, evidencing restricted stock issued
     pursuant to this plan will carry or be endorsed with a
     legend referring to the restrictions imposed by this plan.
     Possession of certificates evidencing restricted stock
     issued pursuant to this plan, if any, will be retained by
     the Corporate Secretary of Global Marine until the
     provisions of this plan relating to removal of the
     restrictions have been satisfied.

     (b)  Except as authorized by the following sentence, shares of
     restricted stock issued pursuant to this plan may not be
     sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise transferred by the
     participant unless and until all of the restrictions imposed
     by the plan have been removed pursuant to the plan and a new
     book entry evidencing the shares has been made or
     certificate representing the shares has been issued which
     does not carry or is not endorsed with the legend regarding
     the restrictions.  Shares of restricted stock issued and
     registered in the name of any participant under this plan,
     or any portion thereof, may be transferred by the
     participant to (i) the spouse, children or grandchildren of
     the participant ("Immediate Family Members"), (ii) a trust
     or trusts for the exclusive benefit of the participant
     and/or Immediate Family Members, (iii) a partnership in
     which the participant and/or Immediate Family Members are
     the only partners, (iv) a transferee pursuant to a judgment,
     decree or order relating to child support, alimony or
     marital property rights that is made pursuant to a domestic
     relations law of a state or country with competent
     jurisdiction (a "Domestic Relations Order"), or (v) such
     other transferee as may be approved by the Compensation
     Committee of Global Marine's Board of Directors in its sole
     and absolute discretion; provided, however, that (x) the
     Compensation Committee may prohibit any transfer with or
     without cause in its sole and absolute discretion, and (y)
     subsequent transfers of transferred restricted shares or any
     portion thereof are prohibited except those to or by the
     original participant in accordance with this section or
     pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order.  Following any
     transfer, the shares will continue to be subject to the same
     restrictions, terms and conditions as were applicable
     immediately prior to transfer, and any and all references to
     the participant in this plan will be deemed to refer to the
     transferee; provided, however, that any and all references
     to service or events of termination of service in this plan
     will continue to mean the original participant's service or
     events of termination of the original participant's service.
     Each transfer will be effected by written notice thereof
     duly signed and delivered by the transferor to the Corporate
     Secretary of Global Marine at Global Marine's principal
     business office.  Such notice will state the name and
     address of the transferee, the amount of restricted stock
     being transferred, and such other information as may be
     requested by the Corporate Secretary.  The person or persons
     entitled to receive distributions and vote or execute
     proxies with respect to the restricted shares, and to
     receive a certificate with respect to the shares when the
     provisions of this plan relating to the removal of
     restrictions have been satisfied, will be that person or
     those persons appearing on Global Marine's registry books as
     the owner or owners of the restricted shares, and Global
     Marine may treat the person or persons in whose name or
     names the shares are registered as the owner or owners of
     the shares for all purposes.  Global Marine will have no
     obligation to, or liability for any failure to, notify the
     participant or any transferee of any forfeiture of
     restricted shares or of any event that will or might result
     in such forfeiture.

     (c)  None of the shares of restricted stock awarded under this
     plan will become free of restrictions and non-forfeitable
     until termination of the participant's service as a director
     of Global Marine.  Such shares will become free of
     restrictions and non-forfeitable at the earlier of:

               (i)  the participant's termination of service as a director
          resulting from his death, or resulting from his
          "disability" (which means an inability, as determined
          by Global Marine's Board of Directors, to perform
          duties and services as a director by reason of a
          medically determinable physical or mental impairment,
          supported by medical evidence, which can be expected to
          last for a continuous period of not less than six
          months);

               (ii) the participant's mandatory retirement as a director of
          Global Marine resulting from operation of the
          provisions of Global Marine's by-laws regarding the age
          beyond which an individual may not serve as a director,
          or, if said by-law provisions are inapplicable, the
          participant's termination of service as a director on
          or after the last day of his term of office during
          which he attains age 70;

                    (iii)     the participant's termination of service as a
               director resulting from his being removed from his
               office as a director or from failure of Global
               Marine's Board of Directors to nominate him for
               re-election, in either case other than for "cause"
               (which means an act or acts of misconduct harmful
               to Global Marine or any of its affiliates and does
               not mean inadequate performance or incompetence);
               or

                    (iv)      the participant's resignation or failure to stand
               for re-election with the consent of Global
               Marine's Board of Directors (which means approval
               by at least 80% of the directors voting, with the
               affected director abstaining), or any failure to
               be re-elected after being nominated by the Board.

          Termination of service as a director for any other reason
     will result in forfeiture of the restricted shares.

     (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this plan, a "change
     in control" of Global Marine (as defined below) will result
     in the immediate removal of all restrictions relating to all
     of the restricted shares awarded pursuant to this plan.  In
     any situation involving acceleration of the removal of
     restrictions in connection with a change in control, Global
     Marine may elect, by action of its Board of Directors, to
     repurchase the affected shares at their value as of the
     effective day of the repurchase, determined as set forth
     above in Section 5, instead of releasing the shares to the
     participant owning such shares.  For purposes of this plan,
     a "change in control" of Global Marine will mean:

               (i)  The acquisition by any individual, entity or group
          (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the
          U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership
          (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
          Act) of 35% or more of either (A) the then outstanding
          shares of common stock of Global Marine (the
          "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (B) the combined
          voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
          of Global Marine entitled to vote generally in the
          election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting
          Securities"); provided, however, that the following
          acquisitions will not constitute a change in control:
          (I) any acquisition by Global Marine or by any
          affiliate of Global Marine that remains under Global
          Marine's control, (II) any acquisition by any employee
          benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained
          by Global Marine or by any affiliate controlled by
          Global Marine, (III) the sale, exchange, transfer or
          other disposition of substantially all of the assets of
          Global Marine to the Chief Executive Officer of Global
          Marine (the "CEO"), alone or with other officers of
          Global Marine, or a merger, consolidation or other
          reorganization involving Global Marine and the CEO,
          alone or with other officers of Global Marine, or any
          other entity in which the CEO (alone or with other
          officers) has, directly or indirectly, a substantial
          equity or ownership interest, (IV) a transaction
          otherwise commonly referred to as a "management
          leveraged buyout," or (V) any acquisition by any
          corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger or
          consolidation, if, following such reorganization,
          merger or consolidation, the conditions described in
          clauses (I), (II), (III), or (IV) are satisfied; or

               (ii) Individuals who, as of the date Global Marine's
          stockholders approve this plan, constitute Global
          Marine's Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board")
          cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
          of Global Marine's Board of Directors; provided,
          however, that any individual becoming a director
          subsequent to the date Global Marine's stockholders
          approve this plan whose election, or nomination for
          election by Global Marine's stockholders, was approved
          by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then
          comprising the Incumbent Board will be considered as
          though such individual were a member of the Incumbent
          Board, but excluding for this purpose any such
          individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as
          a result of either an actual or threatened election
          contest (meaning a solicitation of the type that would
          be subject to Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A under the
          Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened
          solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of
          a Person other than Global Marine's Board of Directors;
          or

               (iii)     Approval by Global Marine's stockholders of a
               reorganization, merger or consolidation, in each
               case unless, following such reorganization, merger
               or consolidation, (A) more than 50% of,
               respectively, the then outstanding shares of
               common stock of the corporation resulting from
               such reorganization, merger or consolidation and
               the combined voting power of the then outstanding
               voting securities of such corporation entitled to
               vote generally in the election of directors is
               then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,
               by all or substantially all of the individuals and
               entities who were the beneficial owners,
               respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
               Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities
               immediately prior to such reorganization, merger
               or consolidation in substantially the same
               proportions as their ownership, immediately prior
               to such reorganization, merger or consolidation,
               of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and
               Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case
               may be, (B) no Person (excluding Global Marine,
               any affiliate of Global Marine that remains under
               Global Marine's control, any employee benefit plan
               (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by
               Global Marine or by any affiliate controlled by
               Global Marine or such corporation resulting from
               such reorganization, merger or consolidation, and
               any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior
               to such reorganization, merger or consolidation,
               directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the
               Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding
               Company Voting Securities, as the case may be)
               beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or
               more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares
               of common stock of the corporation resulting from
               such reorganization, merger or consolidation or
               the combined voting power of the then outstanding
               voting securities of such corporation entitled to
               vote generally in the election of directors, and
               (C) at least a majority of the members of the
               board of directors of the corporation resulting
               from such reorganization, merger or consolidation
               were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of
               the execution of the initial agreement providing
               for such reorganization, merger or consolidation;
               or

               (iv) Approval by Global Marine's stockholders of any plan or
          proposal which would result directly or indirectly in
          (A) a complete liquidation or dissolution of Global
          Marine, or (B) the liquidation, transfer, sale or other
          disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
          of Global Marine, other than to a corporation with
          respect to which following such sale or other
          disposition (I) more than 50% of, respectively, the
          then outstanding shares of common stock of such
          corporation and the combined voting power of the then
          outstanding voting securities of such corporation
          entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
          is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
          all or substantially all of the individuals and
          entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively,
          of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding
          Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
          sale or other disposition in substantially the same
          proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to
          such sale or other disposition, of the Outstanding
          Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting
          Securities, as the case may be, (II) no person
          (excluding Global Marine, any affiliate of Global
          Marine that remains under Global Marine's control, any
          employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
          maintained by Global Marine or by any affiliate
          controlled by Global Marine or such corporation, and
          any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior to
          such sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly,
          35% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or
          Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may
          be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or
          more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of
          common stock of such corporation or the combined voting
          power of the then outstanding voting securities of such
          corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
          of directors, and (III) at least a majority of the
          members of the board of directors of such corporation
          were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
          execution of the initial agreement or action of Global
          Marine's Board of Directors providing for such sale or
          other disposition of assets.

     (e)  All shares with respect to which the restrictions are not
     removed in accordance with this plan when a participant
     terminates service as a Global Marine director will be
     forfeited by the participant.

     (f)  The issuance, registration or delivery of any shares
     pursuant to this plan may be postponed for such period as
     may be required to comply with any applicable requirements
     of any national securities exchange or any requirements
     under any other law or regulation applicable to the
     issuance, registration or delivery of such shares, and
     Global Marine will not be obligated to issue, register or
     deliver any such shares if the issuance, registration or
     delivery thereof will constitute a violation of any
     provision of any law or regulation of any governmental
     authority or any national securities exchange.

           SECTION 7 - AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

     Global Marine reserves the right to amend, suspend or
terminate this plan at any time by action of its Board of
Directors, provided, however, that, subject to Section 9
(relating to certain adjustments to shares) such action will not
(a) adversely affect any participant's rights under this plan
with respect to awards of restricted stock made prior to such
action without the participant's consent, (b) increase the
aggregate number of shares available for award under this plan
without the approval of Global Marine's stockholders, or (c)
change the plan's restriction periods for restricted stock
without the approval of Global Marine's stockholders.

                    SECTION 8 - ADMINISTRATION

     This plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee
of Global Marine's Board of Directors.  All decisions made by the
Compensation Committee with respect to interpretation of the
terms of the plan, with respect to the restrictions, terms and
conditions of the restricted shares, and with respect to any
questions or disputes arising under the plan, will be final and
binding on Global Marine and the participants and on their
successors, heirs and beneficiaries.

                   SECTION 9 - CHANGES IN STOCK
                AND ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF SHARES

     In the event of a corporate transaction involving Global
Marine (including without limitation any stock dividend, stock
split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off,
combination or exchange of shares), Global Marine's Board of
Directors may make adjustments to preserve the benefits or
potential benefits of awards under this plan.  Such adjustments
may include adjustment of the number and kind of shares which may
be issued or delivered under the plan, adjustment of the number
and kind of shares subject to outstanding awards, and any other
adjustments that the Board of Directors determines to be
equitable.

             SECTION 10 - DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

     A participant may file with the Corporate Secretary of
Global Marine a designation of beneficiary or beneficiaries on a
form approved by the Corporate Secretary (which designation may
be changed or revoked by the participant's sole election) to
receive distribution of all or a designated portion of the
participant's restricted shares awarded under this plan upon the
death of the participant.  If no beneficiary has been designated
or survives the participant, then the participant's restricted
shares awarded under this plan will be distributed as directed by
the executor or administrator of the participant's estate.

             SECTION 11 - RIGHT TO TERMINATE SERVICES

     This plan will not impose any obligation on Global Marine to
continue the services of any participant as a director, and it
will not impose any obligation on any participant to remain a
director.

           SECTION 12 - POOLING OF INTERESTS ACCOUNTING

     Global Marine's Board of Directors may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, declare inoperative anything in this plan or
in the restrictions, terms or conditions pertaining to any award
under the plan, including any outstanding award, that adversely
affects pooling of interests accounting.

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