Medieval ship found in Norway's biggest lake

[Judi Lynn]

BY CNN, 7 NEWS WHDH
DECEMBER 13, 2022



Using sonar, the Mission Mjøsa project aims to map the lake bed to find hazardous dumped munitions. Mandatory Credit: Courtesy NTNU/FFI

(CNN) — Resting at the bottom of Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway, a shipwreck from hundreds of years ago is in almost perfect condition, frozen in time.

The vessel, with its unique stem posts and overlapped planks, reveals a moment in the lake’s maritime history and is estimated to date between the 1300s and 1800s.

Researchers discovered the wreck during the execution of the Mission Mjøsa project, which aims to map the 140-square-mile (363-square-kilometer) lake bed using high-resolution sonar technology.

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment led the mission two years after performing several remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, inspections of areas of the lake where large amounts of munitions had been dumped. The lake is a source of drinking water for about 100,000 people in Norway, according to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, so the munitions posed health risks. The shipwreck was spotted during the survey of the lake.

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