In the video footage, we can catch a glimpse of the Storfjord wreck for the first time. Here is a close-up of one side of the ship. 

(Photo: Screenshot from video, NTNU)

The ship is likely from between 1300 and 1850 but could be even older. The underwater wreck was discovered by researchers from the Norwegian Defense Research Institute and The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), who used the underwater robot Hugin. The ship was spotted in connection with a mapping of ammunition dumped on the bottom of lake Mjøsa.

As reported by Science in Norway, now, for the first time, we can see a glimpse of the wreck on video. It is still impossible to determine the ship's age, but the images provide new information.

Among them, it was possible to take a closer look at the wreck found in November, that is today known as the Storfjord wreck.

Unlike the others, this one is in deep water. The ship is 400 meters below the surface in the middle of Mjøsa.

Ødegård explained to sciencenorway.no that a steering oar is a rudder with hinges at the end of a boat, as on a modern boat.

“While on Viking ships, you had a side rudder. That is why it is called starboard on the right side,” he said.

The side rudder was like an oar with an angle that a crew member would sit and steer with.

However, the oldest archaeological example of a boat with a steering oar that the researchers can compare with looks completely different from the Storfjord wreck.

A long, narrow ship with a steering oar could be of interest far beyond regional maritime history, Ødegård said.