ARGO NAVIS

In 2003, a group of scientists called Naoudomos began reconstructing a prehistoric penteconter as part of an experimental nautical archaeology research programme. This is the ship’s tale - from choosing the trees to its two-year-long construction and its eventual journey at sea. It will take the Argonauts’ mythical ship 10,000 strokes a day to travel from Volos to ancient Colchis. Our modern-day Argo has to complete a 1,200-mile journey in 60 days. Will the 74 volunteer rowers survive the test? Or will this Argonautic expedition founder, thus turning into an endless odyssey?